Music festivals, parades, marches and more commemorate Juneteenth across America. Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day.
Juneteenth is all about celebrating freedom, and this year, that celebration is hitting the road—literally. MCTS has teamed ...
With Juneteenth commemorating the end of slavery this month, we highlight all Black events in our monthly guide – for the federal holiday and all June long. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical ...
The event features a dramatic reading of Ona Judge’s 1845 interview performed by acclaimed New Hampshire actress Sandi Clarke ...
As celebrations erupted and cannons fired in 1776, my ancestors' freedom was not yet tangible. That was the case until nearly 100 years later, on June 19, 1863, or what is now recognized as ...
On 19 June 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, received momentous news: slavery had been abolished. They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ...