Juneteenth
17 June 2021 Updated 16 June 2023 To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Juneteenth is a celebration of the freedom, culture and empowerment of African-Americans. Two years ago President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which establishes a holiday that commemorates the end of […]
The newest federal holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. But at the state level, governments vary considerably in whether they commemorate it as an official holiday, a day of observance or something in between. This year, at least 28 states and the District of Columbia will legally recognize […]
Alaysia Hackett (top left) and others celebrated Juneteenth by raising the flag outside the department’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas – home, at the time, to 250,000 enslaved Black people – and announced that the […]
By John Farmer, Jr. Some months ago, a book was sent to me at the Eagleton Institute by one of our alumnae, who graduated 50 years ago from Rutgers. In a rather sheepish cover letter, he confided that he had checked the book out from Eagleton’s and had come across it while cleaning out his […]
People raise American and Pan-African flags while marching in the Juneteenth Atlanta Black History parade on June 18, 2022, in Atlanta. | Source: Elijah Nouvelage / Getty With the ascension of Juneteenth to federal holiday status along with it being so close in proximity to the Fourth of July holiday, some Black folks may find […]
FILE – People attend a Queer Juneteenth Block Party, sponsored by The Center, Sunday, June 18, 2023, in New York. From a block party in New York City to a movie screening outside of Denver, groups across the U.S. have found ways to merge Pride month and Juneteenth celebrations. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File) DALLAS (AP) […]
FILE – People attend a Queer Juneteenth Block Party, sponsored by The Center, Sunday, June 18, 2023, in New York. From a block party in New York City to a movie screening outside of Denver, groups across the U.S. have found ways to merge Pride month and Juneteenth celebrations. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File) DALLAS (AP) […]
DALLAS (AP) — From speaking at a health equity forum to striking a pose to the beats of a DJ set at a party on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Green spent one weekend this month jumping from one event in Dallas to another that celebrated Juneteenth and Pride together. “Sometimes I think the Black community […]
DALLAS (AP) — From speaking at a health equity forum to striking a pose to the beats of a DJ set at a party on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Green spent one weekend this month jumping from one event in Dallas to another that celebrated Juneteenth and Pride together. “Sometimes I think the Black community […]
DALLAS (AP) — From speaking at a health equity forum to striking a pose to the beats of a DJ set at a party on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Green spent one weekend this month jumping from one event in Dallas to another that celebrated Juneteenth and Pride together. “Sometimes I think the Black community […]