When the 117th Congress recognized Juneteenth as an official national holiday in 2021, few could predict how far celebrations would go across the country. According to one Idaho city, those ...
FREMONT – The weather was hot and humid, but the community Juneteenth celebration did not slow down. The Juneteenth event was hosted by the NAACP Unit 3217B in Fremont’s Birchard Park and Rodger Young ...
For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many nonworking holidays in America” costing the country “billions of dollars,” was ...
A Kroger in Atlanta, Georgia is going viral for its Juneteenth cake offerings. A TikTok video posted on June 17 shows haphazardly decorated desserts sitting in the bakery section of the supermarket.
Kroger is being called out by shoppers for its “disrespectful” Juneteenth cake designs. A Kroger location in Atlanta, Georgia, is going viral after a video posted to TikTok showed the cakes that “lack ...
President Trump did not issue any direct public comments about or host any events commemorating Juneteenth, the federal holiday that marks the official end of the United States’ enslavement of people.
RENO, Nev. — Community members in Reno gathered to celebrate the Northern Nevada Black Culture Awareness Society's 37th annual Juneteenth celebration, braving the heat to honor the historical ...
COUNTRY. A SEA OF PEOPLE LINED MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE FOR MILWAUKEE’S 54TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL. I THINK IT’S PRETTY FUN EXPERIENCE. THEY GOT SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF OVER THERE. COREY ...
TACOMA, Wash. — Thousands of people gathered Thursday at Stewart Heights Park to mark Juneteenth, joining others across Washington in commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The Tacoma ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Across Portland, residents turned out to commemorate Juneteenth, a federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Many groups and organizations in ...
Having written a column earlier this week about the ambivalent status of the federal Juneteenth holiday in the wake of the second Trump administration’s assault on race-conscious anti-discrimination ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.” ...