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 ...

Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when enslaved Texans learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. The celebration began in Texas and spread nationwide, becoming a ...

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, D.C. — Juneteenth is now officially a federal holiday and federal employees will have Friday, June 18 off to recognize it. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s a growing list of lawmakers pushing for Juneteenth to become a federal holiday. Republican Sen. John Cornyn announced plans to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday. Earlier in ...

Is Juneteenth still a federal holiday in 2026? Will it mean a long weekend for Mississippi workers? The answer isn’t as simple as you might think. President Donald Trump has made some changes to ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, the lifelong Texan and a driving force in making Juneteenth a federal holiday, spent her 100th birthday on Wednesday at the center of celebrations in her hometown that ...

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 ...