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Juneteenth: The history of a national holiday
In honor of Juneteenth, which is June 19, 2025, here is a story originally published by the Gadsden Times on June 15, 2022, on the history of the holiday. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on ...
As many as 3,000 people died as the dikes around Lake Okeechobee gave way to a wall of water, 20 feet in some places.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change ...
June 18 stands out in history as a day marked by pivotal moments that have shaped nations, inspired movements, and advanced ...
The multimedia project by local nonprofit United Lynn Pride combines extensive archival research and the oral histories of 32 residents to map the North Shore city’s LGBTQ+ roots.
US General Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, delivering the long-awaited news of emancipation to enslaved Americans — an ...
Officers were patrolling near the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Laurens Street in Upton after 7 p.m. Tuesday night ...
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