President Donald Trump hasn’t formally acknowledged Juneteenth, but he did spend time Thursday complaining on social media that Americans have “too many non ...
Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021—more than a century after it was first celebrated. As Americans across ...
The Senate on Tuesday has unanimously passed legislation establishing Juneteenth, June 19, as a federal holiday. The passage happened after Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson dropped his objection to the ...
Thursday is Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the day the last American slaves officially learned they were free on June 19, 1865 — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been ...
President Donald Trump lamented that there were too many "non-working holidays" on Thursday, as Americans across the country observed Juneteenth. "Too many non-working holidays in America," Trump's ...
*President Donald Trump sparked controversy with a Truth Social post criticizing Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. In his post, Trump argued that the ...
This year brings the 160th anniversary of June 19, 1865, a major turning point in the fight to end slavery in the U.S. Juneteenth marks the day — June 19, 1865 — when some of the last enslaved Black ...
The United States will observe Juneteenth on Thursday, a federal holiday that commemorates the anniversary of when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced that the enslaved ...
Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of ...
Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...