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Phoenix Juneteenth
A Juneteenth Festival in Goodyear, Ariz.
Juneteenth
June 16, 2011
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas with union soldiers and announced the official ending of the war and...
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The truth about Juneteenth: America's second Independence Day
Politics
June 19, 2010
As a good ol’ Texas gal, I can barely remember the first time I heard that Juneteenth was a celebration of the end of slavery in Texas, not...
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth
June 17, 2011
Juneteenth is the blending of the two words June and nineteenth, as June 19th was the date in which the announcement of the abolition of slavery...
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Juneteenth history
News
June 19, 2009
Juneteenth Celebrations Across the Nation Visitors to The African American Museum in Philadelphia, which reopens today on Juneteenth, listen to...
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