WJBF – As Juneteenth is being celebrated throughout the nation, many people may not know the true meaning of this pivotal day in America’s history. On January 1st, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln ...

This day in 1865, the last slaves in the U.S. found out they were free when Union troops showed up in Galveston. That was almost two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in ...

Celebrations all over Los Angeles County marked Juneteenth and they all shared one thing in common: A rich sense of history. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger reading ...