Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, Juneteenth is the commemoration of June 19, 1865, the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free.

Blackshear Heights will have a Juneteenth celebration June 19-21 all at Martin Luther King Park, 2121 MLK Drive. On Thursday, June 19 from 6-8 p.m., there will be water activities for the kids and food from Lorraine's Catering.

Juneteenth celebrations have been around since the 1800s, but it didn't become a federal holiday until just three years ago.

Kenny Robinson, who heads an organization helping people reenter society after incarceration, says freedom means Black Charlotteans having equal opportunities to provide for thems

Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. Here's how to celebrate in Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler and Goodyear.

Across North Jersey, Juneteenth is being celebrated with various events, from the release of a new report on reparations to a silent walk in Bergen County.

Music, dance and food are just part of the celebrations commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

Forty years have passed since Ulysses Johnson II started Longview’s annual Juneteenth parade. Each year, countless people stand alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to watch numerous floats, hor