June 19, 1865, did not deliver African Americans from slavery. Dec. 6, 1865, did, writes Robert Hill, a Pittsburgh-based communications consultant.

This calendar shows July 19 as a national holiday. (Mainichi/Aya Shiota) TOKYO -- Calendar publishers in Japan are alerting people not to get the wrong idea from many calendars showing July 19 and ...

As of Thursday afternoon, over 316,000 people have signed the "Make Juneteenth a National Holiday in 2020" petition on the Change.org online platform. But Sims said Lee would like to see 500,000 ...