Today is Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday from what will be closed today and why ...

Banks aren’t obligated to close on federal holidays like Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery — two years and five months after the Emancipation Proclamation — but most follow ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The effort to make Juneteenth a state holiday continues this legislative session. District 85 ...

Texans can only buy fireworks around the holidays of the Fourth of July, New Year's and, for Texans who live near the ...

A committee approved making Juneteenth an Alabama state holiday after Rep. Rehm removed a Confederacy-related provision.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public school students will soon enjoy a three-day weekend, as schools are closed on Monday, March 31. Public schools will be closed on Monday in observance of Eid ...

A Black man is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and ...

Juneteenth is all about celebrating freedom, and this year, that celebration is hitting the road—literally. MCTS has teamed ...

Mecklenburg County closed the former slave plantation in 2021 after uproar over organizers promoting a racist Juneteenth ...