The SWLA Juneteenth Committee is hosting its 22nd annual celebration, featuring cultural, educational, and community events from April 26 through June 21, 2025, in Lafayette. Posted LAFAYETTE ...

June 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day ...

The deadline to apply is March 31. LAFAYETTE PARISH — The SWLA Juneteenth Banquet & National Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant is set for June 20, 2025, giving young ladies ages 8 to 19 a chance to ...

Today is Juneteenth, the oldest-known holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America. While slavery was officially abolished via the Thirteenth Amendment in 1863, it actually took a full two ...

The taste of freedom affects the body physiologically. To commemorate the occasion of Juneteenth, we decided to share some stories of liberation. Nothing can quite replicate the nourishment of ...

fragile people – unwilling to embrace the full story of America, including the emancipation of enslaved people that we honor on Juneteenth." Pallone said history can't be ignored. "The public ...

Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...

The people danced and sang in celebration of their freedom. Today, we pay tribute to this historical day with a special holiday on June 19 called Juneteenth. This colorfully illustrated story takes ...

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 ...

In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for families to educate and engage children around this important holiday. The Civil War ended in April 1865, but news of ...