The Township Committee introduced an ordinance at its Tuesday meeting adding Juneteenth as a holiday for Township employees.

She shared her thoughts on the essence of Juneteenth in that 2022 interview. "People think it's a Black thing when it's not. It's not a Texas thing. It's not that," Lee said. "Juneteenth means ...

That was the case until nearly 100 years later, on June 19, 1863, or what is now recognized as Juneteenth. While I grew up in the American South, I never learned about Juneteenth in school.

The 157-year-old holiday, the name of which is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when a group of enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they ...

(JTA) — At Washington Hebrew Congregation in D.C., a weekend full of educational programming is on the agenda for Juneteenth. Guests at Friday’s Kabbalat Shabbat will enjoy a dinner provided ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...

The list of stock market holidays grew by one in 2022, after Congress voted the year prior to make Juneteenth — the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery — the 11th federal holiday.

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

“Juneteenth is a holiday that gives us a chance ... and strengthen the policy’s enforcement mechanisms. In March 2022, MLS leveraged a historic $25 million loan from a syndicate of Black ...