Congress has moved to establish a new national holiday, this time for Juneteenth. It's the first federal holiday approved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juneteenth is a relatively new federal holiday, but it's origins date back more than 160 and it is widely considered the nation's ...

Juneteenth, the nation's youngest federal holiday, which is also known as America's Second Independence Day, is coming up this weekend. Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in ...

The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make Juneteenth - a date commemorating when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free - a federal holiday. The bill passed Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation. The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th ...

The Senate on Tuesday has unanimously passed legislation establishing Juneteenth, June 19, as a federal holiday. The passage happened after Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson dropped his objection to the ...

94-year-old retired Texas teacher Opal Lee stood beside President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021, as he signed the legislation that made Juneteenth a federal holiday. Lee had begun a campaign that took ...

Juneteenth, one of the newest federal holidays in the United States, commemorates the end of slavery and serves as a day to reflect on freedom, equality, and the contributions of African Americans to ...

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of ...

Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of ...

In the wake of the nationwide outcry over the killing of George Floyd, bipartisan calls have amplified to name Juneteenth-- June 19, which commemorates the end of slavery -- a federal holiday. A group ...