Boston police have identified the man who was shot and killed in a car on Juneteenth as 21-year-old Hyde Park resident Teo ...

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Cel-Liberation Day, is an American holiday celebrated on June 19. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, ...

President Donald Trump did not issue any official statement on Juneteenth but posted on Truth Social about "non-working ...

Communities across Massachusetts came together to recognize Juneteenth.The federal holiday commemorates the day the last ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...

While the tone was celebratory, many of those present said this year’s Juneteenth felt especially urgent — not just as a remembrance of emancipation but as a stand against efforts to suppress Black ...

Lawmakers reflected on the significance of Juneteenth Wednesday, promising that Massachusetts will fight for and support ...

Juneteenth was commemorated across the country on Thursday, including in Boston at Roxbury Heritage State Park.

Several hundred gather on Juneteenth to dedicate “Towards Freedom,” a monumental depiction of Harriet and Lewis Hayden who ...