As Juneteenth celebrations take place across the country this week, many Americans will attend festivals, community gatherings and cookouts commemorating June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved African ...

TYLER, Texas (KETK)— June 19, better known as Juneteenth, celebrates the freedom of African Americans from slavery amidst the Civil War. This year, communities around East Texas are gathering to ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, the lifelong Texan and a driving force in making Juneteenth a federal holiday, spent her 100th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images ...

Juneteenth is particularly Texan, with roots in Galveston in 1865. Texas recognized Juneteenth as an official state holiday in 1980. The annual event that draws thousands is held in collaboration ...

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Not many people get to celebrate a $3 million gift on their 100th birthday. It was enough to make Opal Lee get up out of her wheelchair and dance Wednesday while a crowd sang her a specialized ...

For Dr. Opal Lee, she'd probably outdo most of us. The Fort Worth, Texas icon known around the world as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" is celebrating her 100th birthday on Oct. 7. And she is doing it ...

WASHINGTON — Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free. While it been celebrated for more than 160 years, it only got ...

Thursday morning rears a bright and warm beginning to the 27th annual Austin Central Texas Juneteenth parade. Music hits the streets as a unified white linen band trickles down East Martin Luther King ...

Lee said she's going to continue telling the youth, as long as she can, to realize it's their responsibility to leave the world better than they found it.

This year's Juneteenth events, held to celebrate the end of slavery, come amid deep political divisions as the nation grapples with renewed questions about the arc of racial progress ...