Springfield, Illinois is hosting a variety of Juneteenth events from June 12-19, including a pageant, panel discussions, and ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the ...

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno joined the Springfield Juneteenth Jubilee Committee to proclaim June 13 as Juneteenth Jubilee ...

The Juneteenth Jubilee Planning Committee is offering a weekend celebration that begins on today with an adult block party on ...

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno joined the Springfield Juneteenth Jubilee Committee to proclaim June 13 as Juneteenth Jubilee ...

The Juneteenth Jubilee Planning Committee in Springfield hosted their fifth annual Juneteenth Jubilee flag raising ahead of ...

The Springfield Juneteenth Jubilee Committee used its third annual Father’s Day Brunch to recognize men of color who work behind the scenes.

SPRINGFIELD -- Since 2021, Juneteenth has been celebrated in the U.S. as a federal holiday, commemorating the day in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, when the last slaves in the country heard the news ...

Since 2021, when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to commemorate June 19, 1865, the date when the last enslaved Black people in ...