OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first moved from El Paso, Texas, to Southern California, where she had to ...

Security teams monitored barricades well in advance of the Juneteenth celebrations around Lake Merritt. Lisha Bell wanted a safe option to kick off the holiday at the Oakland Museum, for live ...

Thousands came out to Hella Juneteenth in Oakland on Thursday to celebrate the holiday, freedom, community and legacy. The event held at the Oakland Museum of California welcomed close to 3,500 ...

Oakland County announced the winners of its first Juneteenth Art and Essay Contest, recognizing student creativity and reflection on the theme, “Juneteenth: What does Freedom and Equality mean ...

About 3,000 people packed the Oakland Museum of California Thursday for the sold-out, second annual Hella Juneteenth festival — a celebration of Black joy, pride, community and freedom. Juneteenth, ...

What’s normally a jubilant Juneteenth celebration at Oakland's Lake Merritt — marred last year by a mass shooting, was instead met with barricades and blocked roads Thursday, leaving community ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday ...

It's a celebration of freedom and resilience, and like any get together in the Black community, Hella Juneteenth is centered around food. Byron Neville Hughes is a chef and this year his job ...