The city held its fifth annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 14, at Rainbow Lagoon Park, with Lalah Hathaway, a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, headlining a day filled ...

It commemorates the announcement of emancipation to enslaved African Americans in Texas in 1865.

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.

Even though Juneteenth may not be celebrated as widely this year, it's encouraging to see that Houston, which plays  an ...

Hundreds gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tyler on Saturday morning to celebrate freedom, heritage, and ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate when the last known slaves were freed two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. For Ricky Sherifield, ...

Charles Walker, with the local band Wave 11, greets people during the fourth annual Juneteenth Celebration at Lincoln Park on ...

For the fourth year in a row, hundreds gathered on Medina’s square to celebrate freedom and solidarity with the community’s ...

Yasmina Porter greets a friend as the Santa Cruz Juneteenth Choir sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the 34th Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebration fills Laurel Park behind London Nelson ...

Hundreds of people across San Antonio made their way to Sam Houston High School and Comanche Park on Saturday to celebrate ...

The annual Juneteenth Lima celebration took place on Saturday. Residents gathered downtown to celebrate Black history, ...

The Houston demonstration is one of several planned in the region throughout the day and is expected to draw thousands of ...