One of the most celebrated Texas books of 2024 was "Juneteenth Rodeo," with photos and an essay by Austin author Sarah Bird (University of Texas Press). It was everywhere: Perched on bookshelves ...

The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were speeches, sermons and shared ...

(Courtesy BIG/KAI Enterprises) BIG’s design for the National Juneteenth Museum was first rolled out in 2022, as reported by AN. Renderings shared last week show a building that, for the most ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tuesday the Fort Worth City Council voted to approve the demolition of a neighborhood community center to build the National Juneteenth Museum in its place. Despite acquiring ...

1865—the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. were freed in Texas. Thanks to advocates like Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Get top local stories in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The "grandmother" of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, was honored with a special award in Houston on Thursday. Lee received the Kay Bailey Hutchison Women of Texas History Award at a ...

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will consider this week whether to make Juneteenth an official paid holiday for ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The City of Beaumont will host its annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 14, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. in downtown Beaumont. This free, public event unites the community to ...

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 ...

But soon the Historic Southside will be the home of the National Juneteenth Museum. The team working to make the museum a reality previously told CBS News Texas that it's fitting the museum will ...