Texans can only buy fireworks around the holidays of the Fourth of July, New Year's and, for Texans who live near the ...
Two people died and at least 14 others — including two children — were injured during a shooting at a Juneteenth festival in ...
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Juneteenth celebrates just one of our 20 emancipation days - and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, tooThe 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 ...
The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...
The "Cowboy Carter Chronicles" explores the themes of Black resilience and freedom through Beyoncé's reimagining of "Blackbird" on her album.
Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...
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 Galveston, Texas, ending slavery in ...
Fort Worth City Council approves land National Juneteenth Museum previously given to Southside Community Center, operations move to Hazel Harvey Center ...
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 ...
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 ...
Designated as a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery on June 19, 1865, when Union troops announced “all slaves are free” in Galveston, Texas. Since the holiday ...
AUSTIN, Texas — A bill filed in the Texas Legislature would allow Texans to buy fireworks in celebration of Juneteenth. House Bill 554 by state Rep. Terri Leo Wilson (R-Galveston) would let ...
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