On June 21, the African American Steering Committee (AASC) hosted their online meeting. In addition to Committee business, the meeting featured the discussion, Define the Narrative – Juneteenth: Facts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simone E. Morris reports on inclusive leadership for the workplace. Jun 19, 2025, 12:44pm EDT Juneteenth falls on June 19 and has ...

On June 19, 1865, freedom finally reached Galveston, Texas, as Union troops arrived to inform the last enslaved African Americans that they were free. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 17: An attendee adjusts his Juneteenth-themed hat during a neighborhood Juneteenth festival on June 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. Two years ago, President Joe Biden signed ...

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when Union forces reached Galveston, Texas after the end of the Civil War and enforced the Emancipation Proclamation. June 19 became a national holiday in 2021 but ...

A month before the Selma marches in 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson lay in a bed at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, Ala. It was the only medical facility in the city that treated Black patients.

MISSING. WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO JUNETEENTH, A DAY TO REMEMBER THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE U.S. JUNE 19TH, 1865 IS WHEN THE LAST SLAVES LEARNED THEY WERE FREE PEOPLE ACROSS THE METRO ARE REFLECTING ON ...