President Donald Trump does not have the power to unilaterally cancel Juneteenth or any established federal holiday. To do so ...

Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

For the first time since 1983, a new federal holiday has been created. After passing the House and Senate earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill designating Juneteenth ...

If you open your iPhone calendar to the month of June, you'll most likely see a holiday called Juneteenth. It’s been a day of celebration for more than 150 years, but many don’t know what it is, or ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Juneteenth is a recognized commemorative holiday in almost every state and the District of Columbia, and President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Thursday making it a federal ...

A bill to make Juneteenth Independence Day a federal holiday passed the House on Wednesday and will head to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. The bill would make June 19 the 11th federal ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Despite its designation as a federal holiday ...