Here's a look back at the history of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and ...

Isabella Aldrete, the Nevada Independent It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and ...

Similar to slang and lingo across the world, many of the phrases people from America say that make no sense to the rest of the world are rooted in societal norms, trends, comedy, and history that ...

A year before that, in the closing months of his reelection bid, Donald Trump himself had proposed making it a national holiday in his so-called Platinum Plan for Black America. In fact ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Thousands of people flaunted their pride at 6th ... pride flag as they marched up Walnut Street. "You have to celebrate yourself and celebrate everybody because you're ...

About 1,000 people attended the Sonora Pride event Sunday at Mother Lode Fairgrounds, said organizers with CalPride Sierras, the Sonora-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves the LGBTQ+ community ...