HOUSTON — This Juneteenth, KHOU is spotlighting the enduring tradition of African American family reunions in its award-winning documentary series, now streaming on KHOU 11+. The segment explores how ...

HARLEM -- Many gathered in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on Saturday to remember a cultural turning point and to watch 'Summer of Soul' - a new documentary coming to Hulu and theaters that chronicles ...

It is essential Juneteenth viewing because it bridges the past to the present, proving that while slavery was abolished on paper, its shadow remains deeply entrenched in American systems. Starring ...

While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, people who were enslaved in Confederate states could not exercise their freedoms, according to the National Museum ...

Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday to mark the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas. The ...

Today Boston marks Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. after the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, the Union Army reached Galveston Bay, Texas and it ...

A caregiving panel, the country’s oldest pottery, Juneteenth and upcoming events this weekend. Examine the needs of caregivers with a panel of local leaders. The Charles H. Wright Museum’s VP of ...

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. The ...

A historic Black family is getting recognition in Simsbury this Juneteenth. In the 1770s, a man named Peter Jackson was brought to Simsbury from Barbados during a slave trade. He married Esther ...