BUFFALO, N.Y. — Masten District Councilwoman Zeneta Everhart was prepared for a drama-free festival in Buffalo's MLK Park for the Juneteenth Festival. For the most part, it was just that after an ...

Marqueta Collins with Believe In Your Body Movement Boutique was selling T-shirts at the Juneteenth Cookout, hosted by the Kansas City Defender and Decarcerate KC. At the Juneteenth Cookout, families, ...

“We honor the legacy of those who fought for our emancipation and those who continued to fight for our civil rights and economic progress,” Sen. Dora Drake (D-Milwaukee) said at the Tuesday ...

Editor’s note: Danette Mitchell’s column appears on Sundays in the print edition of the Vacaville Reporter. As the commemoration of Juneteenth 2025 concludes this weekend, it’s important to remember ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio-- Inside the Memorial Room at the Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Eight-year-olds Khaleigha Smith and Karmen Meuser, both of Columbus, colored away on a Juneteenth ...

Hello! I cover Chautauqua County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Festivals this weekend across Western New York drew thousands ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery across the United States. MEGA / Dennis Rees / MEGA America today celebrates Juneteenth, commemorating both the horrors of the nation’s original sin, slavery, ...

What Juneteenth means to me? Sleep. As we honor freedom, Black folks deserve space to define Juneteenth for ourselves — however we choose. Juneteenth is still something many of my non-melanated folks ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The news was startling. On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, Union Gen. Gordon Granger walked onto the balcony at Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and ...

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - With summer having finally arrived in Western New York, many residents are looking forward to enjoying a number of festivals and other events that are a staple for the region ...