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

DALLAS -- Opal Lee, 95, spent years lobbying for federal recognition of Juneteenth, and her work finally paid off. "I still pinch myself sometimes, to see if it really happened," said Lee, known as ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - A bill that would add Juneteenth as a federal holiday is now heading to President Joe Biden's desk for signature after the House approved the measure Wednesday afternoon by a vote of ...

NEW YORK -- As the U.S. officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday, many major corporations are also giving their employees paid time off to celebrate and commemorate. Most federal workers will ...

More employers than ever are observing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. As of last year, almost 40% of US employers now provide Juneteenth as a paid holiday, a significant ...

This week, the nation celebrates its youngest federal holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the ...

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S. federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger that ...