Celebrating freedom, community, education & achievement. William & Mary is joining communities around the country to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United ...

3," which declared all slaves free. The moment marked the original Juneteenth, which would be celebrated for years to come. Celebrations began shortly after 1865 in Galveston, and eventually ...

Those slaves had been freed on Jan ... with her head wrap during the 7th Annual Huntingdon County Juneteenth Celebration at Portstown Park in Huntingdon on June 18, 2016. Mirror file photo ...

Some owners refused to give up their slaves until they were forced to ... The Week delivered directly to your inbox. The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community ...

When troops finally arrived to signal freedom to the state’s 250,000 slaves, celebrations broke out and Juneteenth was born! Read! Learn! Listen! Cook and Create! There are so many ways to learn and ...

Juneteenth ceremonies have kicked off in the United States more than a week before the official celebration begins ... in a deep history tied to the US slave trade. Amid concerns for Black ...

An Alabama State House committee on Wednesday approved a that would make Juneteenth a state holiday. The House State ...

In 2021, it became a federal holiday. William & Mary’s inaugural Juneteenth celebration was held virtually in 2021. A committee of community members, faculty, staff and students chaired by Chief ...

Juneteenth celebrations in Reading began Friday ... The holiday marks June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Texas learned about their freedom. "We initially started off with just a weekend celebration.

Dr. Jessica Johnson, an Ohio State University English professor, delivered a lecture at OSU Lima during Black History Month, ...

Las Vegas Valley residents began Juneteenth celebrations Saturday with festivals, music and education on the newest federal holiday. Juneteenth remembers June 19, 1865, when a Union general told ...