Tag: Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with music, arts, wellness activities, family activities, a Black-owned vending market and more.

Juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, is a time for reflection on a pivotal moment in American history ...

Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, a descendant of a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is leading the movement for a ...

Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill to add Juneteenth as a recognized state holiday, while also removing state offices from ...

'We don’t want people to think that Juneteenth is a stopping point, because it isn’t. It’s a beginning.'

The radical promise of Juneteenth is embodied in the community activism of Joshua Houston and the educational career of his ...

This year as you celebrate Juneteenth, focus on the health impacts of ongoing structural racism and embrace ways to minimize ...

'Without confronting the horrors of the country’s bloody history through education, we run the risk of losing the willingness to ...

From music to parades, festivals, block parties and cookouts, here are Juneteenth event highlights.

'It is always exciting to have the most diverse legislature in history because it also enlarges the conversation and brings ...

Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com This year, Juneteenth and Father’s Day fall on June 19. Of course, being a ...

Minnesota became just the fourth state to recognize Juneteenth.

To many observers, the exploitation of the Juneteenth holiday for marketing purposes mirrors the exploitation of the Black body in ...

As racism continues to permeate the nation and many African Americans prepare to observe the country’s 12th federal holiday, corporate ...

The MSR was out and about on Juneteenth and stopped by various gatherings to ask community members: What does Juneteenth ...

Prior to emancipation, the accomplishments of Black folk were denied in order to uphold the myth of White supremacy as ...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a signing ceremony, officially marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday—the first ...

Emancipation day celebration - later known as Juneteenth, Photo Date: 1/19/1900 As the story is usually told, the secular holiday ...

On Tuesday, Sen. Tina Smith and her colleagues passed the Senate bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. It passed ...

The passage passed the U.S. House Wednesday evening and is headed to the White House for President Joe Biden’s signature.