Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered by ...

Devon Henry, owner of the Newport News-based construction firm Team Henry Enterprises LLC, was the keynote speaker at this year’s local Juneteenth observance, “A ...

Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...

For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many ...

Police said Morgana Bradley, 40, intentionally stopped her vehicle on Route 30, reversed into the vehicle behind her and ...

Volunteers and leaders united in Nicholtown to build more than a home—this partnership is transforming lives and ...

Juneteenth was even more special this year for Opal Lee, affectionately known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.”The 97-year-old was handed the keys to her newly constructed house last week ...

Opal's Walk for Freedom takes place on June 19 in Fort Worth. Lee still plans to participate in the walk, her granddaughter said.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of 98-year-old Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is sharing reassuring news after a recent health scare. “She is doing well. She is ...

It took decades of organizing by advocates like Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” and more than a century of Black communities celebrating the holiday locally for then-President Joe ...

But its federal holiday designation in 2021 didn’t come out of nowhere. It took decades of organizing by advocates like Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” and more than a century of ...