Juneteenth

Latest Stories

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump campaign on Juneteenth: ‘…There is far more that unites us in America than divides us’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Mayor removing ‘plantations’ from state name in city docs

Associated Press

Marches and rallies to mark Juneteenth in Massachusetts

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

This Feb. 18, 2005, file photo shows the original Emancipation Proclamation on display in the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington. President Abraham Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves free in Confederate territory on Sept. 22, 1862. Juneteenth, the oldest holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States, originated 155 years ago. Celebrations have typically included parades, barbecues, concerts and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

D.C. events go virtual to mark Juneteenth

By Jackie Park - The Washington Times

The Juneteenth flag, bottom, flies beneath the U.S. flag and the State of Nebraska flag in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The Juneteenth flag commemorating the day that slavery ended in the U.S. will fly over the Wisconsin Capitol for the first time in state history, Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Evers calls for changes as Wisconsin marks Juneteenth

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Demonstrators lie on the ground of the courthouse patio Friday, June 19, 2020, in Burlington, Vt., for eight minutes, roughly the amount of time that a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on George Floyd's neck. Criminal defense attorneys and others marched between courthouses in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Juneteenth: Marches, vigils in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press

Juneteenth at slave cemetery: loved, though names unknown

Associated Press

Several local artists painted Black Live Matter mural on the street during a Juneteenth 2020 celebration outside the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum Friday, June 19, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

More U.S. workers getting Juneteenth off as awareness grows

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

Union workers and other supporters march Friday, June 19, 2020, near the Port of Seattle as part of a coordinated eight-hour work stoppage at more than two dozen West Coast Ports that was organized by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Workers took part in rallies honoring Juneteenth and to protest against police violence and racism. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Multiple Juneteenth celebrations happening in Seattle

By LISA BAUMANN - Associated Press

Protesters march in a Black Lives Matter demonstration organized by the Dallas Black Firefighters Association on Juneteenth 2020 in Dallas, Friday, June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Juneteenth takes on new meaning amid push for racial justice

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and JONATHAN MATTISE and MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

A statue depicts a man holding the state law that made Juneteenth a state holiday is shown Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Galveston, Texas. The inscription on the statue reads &quot;On June 19, 1865, at the close of the Civil War, U.S. Army General Gordon Granger issued an order in Galveston stating that the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation was in effect. That event, later known as &quot;Juneteenth,&quot; marked the end of slavery in Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Unrest and virus make Juneteenth activist and reflective

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, EMILY LESHNER and and GARY FIELDS - Associated Press

Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard, center, joins other demonstrators in Portland, Ore., during a protest against police brutality and racism, sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Around sports world, Juneteenth celebrated like never before

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Holding a bullhorn, Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal marches with teammates and Washington Mystics players to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2020. John Wall (background left), Thomas Bryant (background right) and Rui Hachimura (foreground right) were some of the others to join in. (Photo by Adam Zielonka / The Washington Times)

Bradley Beal shares experience with police as Wizards, Mystics hold march on Juneteenth

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

People demonstrate in Chicago, Friday, June 19, 2020, to mark Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. n. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Festive marches, community events mark Juneteenth in Chicago

Associated Press

Katrina Hendricks, left, pushes a stroller holding her son, Melo, as her mother, Elaine Loving, walks alongside her at a Juneteenth rally and march through a historically Black neighborhood in Portland, Ore., Friday, June 19, 2020. Loving has lived in the same house in the North Portland neighborhood since her birth in 1959, but says many Black families have moved away as white gentrification has occurred. She appreciates seeing so many white people at the rallies and protests but would like to see more true investment in her community from recently arrived white families. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

‘This is beautiful’ - Juneteenth rally, march in Portland

By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

Wess Philome, organizer of a Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., community diversity group known as OneFargo, runs around a group of protesters at Fargo City Hall on Friday, June 19, 2020. Philome led the Juneteenth march from a city park to City Hall and was getting in place to lead the group back to the park. Several hundred people attended the event the three-hour event. (AP Photo/David Kolpack)

Fargo Juneteenth organizers blame threats for low turnout

By DAVE KOLPACK - Associated Press

A man holds up a sign across the street while people gather on the steps of the Old Courthouse as part of a Juneteenth commemoration, Friday, June 19, 2020, in St. Louis. Juneteenth is the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Juneteenth march begins where slave case was heard

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Baxter talks with Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury on the Senate Floor before the start of a session in St. Paul, Minn. Friday, June 12, 2020. Gazelka said &quot;Minnesota has the opportunity to lead the way for the whole nation for reconciliation of the races and some of the problems we’re addressing. Let’s begin here.” (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Police accountability bills stall in Minnesota Legislature

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

People participate in Juneteenth celebration in Los Angeles. Friday, June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Longshoremen join racial equality demands on Juneteenth

Associated Press

Ethan Murray bales hay using an American flag net wrap for the 1,500-pound bales of hay to help spread some patriotic spirit on Wednesday in a 20-acre field on the Field Farm that is next to Owensboro Community &amp; Technical College in Owensboro, Ky., on June 17, 2020. (Alan Warren/Messenger-Inquirer via AP)/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

The Latest: Oregon deputies accused of pinning child by neck

By The Associated Press - Associated Press