Oklahoma State Senator Nikki Nice advocates for recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, citing Oklahoma's historic ties. Learn about the continuing effort, despite federal acknowledgment.

An Oklahoma County Commissioner is setting the record straight after being at the center of a short-live controversy Tuesday ...

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom, two months after the Confederacy surrendered and more ...

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery in the country he leads again.

We are certainly here. We're working 24/7 right now." Mr. Trump honored Juneteenth during his first term, including in 2017, when he called it "a historic day recognizing the end of slavery." ...

Claremore's city government celebrated Juneteenth for the first time Thursday. Juneteenth, the United States' most recently minted federal holiday, commemorates the abolition of slavery. Thursday ...

Police in Anderson County, South Carolina, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are investigating two separate shootings that occurred on the night of June 21 as hundreds of people gathered for Juneteenth events.

Tulsa police arrest third suspect, Tyri Rodgers, in connection to Juneteenth shooting. The investigation continues as more details come to light.