NORRISTOWN — Norristown council members witnessed the raising of the Juneteenth flag Tuesday evening outside of Municipal Hall in Norristown. Elected officials, municipal staff and area residents ...

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. It became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth ...

The red, white and blue of the Juneteenth flag, a familiar color scheme, will be flying alongside the American flag in many places on June 19, symbolizing the end of slavery in Texas. In Houston and ...

Thursday, June 19, marks Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States in 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation ...

Clad in a striking peach outfit color-coordinated right down to her fingernails and taking no prisoners, Vallejo’s first poet laureate blasted out her poem “Galveston” at the Juneteenth flag-raising ...

The city has a policy limiting the display of so-called cultural flags to one day per calendar year. The Worcester Black Heritage Committee had wanted the flag to remain flying through the weekend.

Around 50 people gathered outside North Las Vegas City Hall on Wednesday morning for a ceremonial raising of the Juneteenth flag. Juneteenth, held every June 19, commemorates the day when enslaved ...

Civil rights advocate Shane Harris speaks to attendees at the Juneteenth flag raising event in San Diego’s Black Arts and Culture District/Courtesy of Shane Harris San Diegans celebrated Juneteenth ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Wisconsin leaders gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the Juneteenth Flag raising at the State Capitol. Gov. Tony Evers was joined by members of the Wisconsin Legislative Black ...

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. It became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth ...