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 ...

Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," will not lead this year's Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth, her granddaughter said.

Since the Civil Rights era, Juneteenth has gained traction across the nation as a celebration of independence and freedom. No more would one American legally own another. It marked the beginning of ...