BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. While many people celebrate this holiday in their own way, Binghamton University is ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

Our film critic spoke with Artistic/Executive Director Lisa Simmons about the festival's mission to uplift works focusing on ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the ...

Andre Crockett has never been satisfied with Rochester's Black history as it is popularly understood. It always seemed to him inadequate, incomplete. Convinced that there was more to be told, Crockett ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

A celebration of Black history and freedom, the day rose in prominence following the sweeping protests against racial ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth, which is short for “June Nineteenth”, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is ...

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's history and meaning.