Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., will be observed as a federal holiday on Thursday, June 19, 2025.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...

Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.

The day marks the end of slavery in the US, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in ...