He hosted his first Juneteenth Atlanta event in 2012, but it took a few years of grassroots efforts, passing out flyers and talking to people in barbershops, hair salons and supermarkets about the ...

Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, was celebrated with parades and celebrations over the weekend, but even more are planned for June 19. We’ve rounded up a ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The HBCU Green Fund celebrated Juneteenth with a groundbreaking on an eco-friendly container hub for Atlanta’s English Avenue community. The HBCU hub along ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free. Most federal offices, banks, and post offices will be closed on Juneteenth; retail hours ...

Bond also described Juneteenth as the start of what he calls “Freedom Season” a time that stretches from June 19 through the Fourth of July. To honor the day, Atlanta will host a Juneteenth ...

Across metro Atlanta and the rest of the country, people are celebrating Juneteenth on Thursday. The holiday commemorates the day, June 19, 1865, that the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas ...

ATLANTA — An Atlanta Kroger is facing backlash after a viral TikTok video showed what customers found to be lackluster cookie cake decorations for Juneteenth. In the video, which appears to have ...

Spectators watch a Juneteenth Parade in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. Contributor Juneteenth represents the long-delayed freedom of enslaved Black people in the United States. But Juneteenth ...

People across the nation are celebrating Juneteenth, a federal holiday honoring the end of slavery in the U.S. It was 160 years ago on Thursday, the last enslaved people in the United States ...

Here at home, President Trump has also floated the idea of eliminating one of the national holidays. However, because he floated the idea on Juneteenth — via a social media post about “too ...