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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juneteenth, which was made a federal holiday in 2021, is days away. Juneteenth, which falls on June 19 yearly, was officially ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Juneteenth, the nation’s newest federal holiday, falls on a Friday this year — creating a three-day weekend in the middle of the month. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, commemorates June 19 ...