ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

Former Mayor Jim Kenney violated the City Charter when he signed a 2021 executive order replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, a Commonwealth Court panel said Wednesday. In a unanimous ...

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that former Mayor Jim Kenney didn't have the authority to replace Columbus Day with ...

The National Park Service announced that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general, will be reinstalled in Washington, ...

Training camp was getting a little too boring for the Baltimore Ravens, so they started brawling with the Colts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Washington, D.C.-area statues commemorating the Confederacy will be restored and replaced, in line with ...

The county had no such policy until after county Department of Health workers attended the Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade in ...

On June 19, I was honored to be crowned the first Miss Juneteenth Alabama. This summer, I was invited to experience the world ...

Oklahoma State Senator Nikki Nice advocates for recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, citing Oklahoma's historic ties. Learn about the continuing effort, despite federal acknowledgment.

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 has ...

Juneteenth is an important day in Black history as well as American history. Though Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it wasn't until June 19, 1865, that the ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, attracting participants who said current events strengthened their resolve.