With education at the forefront of remembrance, Jackson's annual Juneteenth celebration honored the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans on June 19, 1865. The Society for African American Cultural ...

After lying dormant for two years, nonprofit Evanston Present and Future’s Juneteenth Creative Dance Team Program is back in full force, with auditions beginning in February for Black and Brown ...

ROCHESTER, NY — Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced on Wednesday an upcoming Juneteenth performance by Garth Fagan Dance. This is the first year Monroe County has recognized Juneteenth as an ...

REALLY HEARTENING. NOW THERE’S A DANCE TEAM IN TOWN THAT’S LOOKING TO WIN ITS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE JUNETEENTH PARADE DANCE COMPETITION. PHENOMENAL DANCE COMPANY CROWNED IN 2021, 22 AND 23 IS PRACTICING ...

June 19, 1865, is the day enslaved African Americans in Confederate Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free — 2½ years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth, ...

Cultural and food booths, entertainment and an invitation to join in the dancing were part of Skokie’s Juneteenth celebration held Saturday at Oakton Park. “The turnout has been great — we’re really ...

This post was updated June 4 at 7:50 p.m. For UCLA’s Department of African American Studies, celebration and remembrance are equally important ahead of Juneteenth. On Wednesday, Royce Hall will ...

If you walked by Mulberry Arts Studios in the past couple of weeks, there's a chance you heard the sound of drums. Not just any drums — traditional African drums, called djembe, that are so ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Ontario Beach Park, the Rochester Museum and Science Center, and Genesee Valley Park are some of the locations for the Juneteenth weekend celebrations. The federal holiday ...