Despite the celebrity sisters' rocky moments in the public eye, Brat recalled their special and unbreakable bond with joy!
Black Twitter was split on the White House's Juneteenth concert.
For Alumni, By Alumni, this is theme for FABA Fest, created to celebrate the graduates of esteemed HBCUs across the country. This ultimate homecoming will take place from June 15-18, 2023 in the tropical island of Barbados, spanning four days to celebrate in a sea of Black excellence. FABA Fest was curated by the very […]
95-year-old Opal Lee is a history maker and freedom advocate.
In celebration of Juneteenth, CNN will be broadcasting a live concert, which will be musically directed by Quest Love.
President Joe Biden officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.
Walmart's Juneteenth ice cream stirred up a ton of discourse online among Black social media users.
Here's what you should know about Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth."
If you plan on celebrating Juneteenth this year, know that there are some traditions and rituals you may want to honor, including the consumption of red food and drink.
Juneteenth -- a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers freed remaining slaves in Galveston, Texas over two years after Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation -- has now been signed off on as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden.
With vibrant illustrations, this book is meant to bring about festive feelings about this holiday. It follows a little girl named Cassie, who has just moved back to her hometown of Texas with her family, and is celebrating Juneteenth for the very first time, learning about its significance. The story delivers important factual information set to the background of a lot of family love, and focuses on why the news of the Emancipation Proclamation took two years to make its way to Texas. Its author Carole Boston Weatherford has won numerous awards for her work in several books about Black History.
As the celebration of Black American liberation and a day remembering Union soldiers announcing the freedom of slaves in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 -- more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation -- here are 5 ways you can honor Juneteenth with your loved ones.