In the four years since Juneteenth became a national holiday, Galveston has embraced its complicated past in a way it never ...

The City of Kilgore celebrated Juneteenth with a parade and cookout on Saturday. The Kilgore Legacy Foundation hosted the ...

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

The Statesman has gathered 9 Juneteenth events to celebrate the state and federal holiday, from car shows to cookouts, in the ...

The church, located at 2013 Broadway, was built in 1863, although slaves began worshipping on the property in 1848. In June ...

Leah Frazier's dream of merging fashion with heritage launched four years ago, bringing together local and national designers ...

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 ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Among the orders issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War was one declaring that all enslaved ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Former President Joe Biden might be a special guest at a Juneteenth celebration on Galveston Island. It ...

Just 50 miles from Galveston Island, two community leaders are carrying the torch of freedom through affordable housing, ...

The star and the red, white and blue flag of Juneteenth symbolizes freedom. Here's everything to know about the flag that ...