Award-winning author Alliah Agostini has written a Juneteenth holiday cooking and activity book that joyfully affirms Black children’s heritage and history. (Photo courtesy Alliah Agostini) Juneteenth ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration ...

Juneteenth, despite being relatively new to the list of federal holidays (it wasn't until 2021 that it was officially recognized), is just as important as, say, President's Day or Memorial Day.

At a recent school visit, I asked a library full of fourth graders, “Who likes to cook?” Nearly every hand shot up. For our young foodies, recipes are a welcome learning tool. And we can use them to ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. When my son was in elementary school, two mom friends and I ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) The mural ...

It’s been over 150 years since enslaved Black Americans, all in the then-Confederate state of Texas, learned of their freedom. It was June 19, 1865 — two months after the Civil War ended and 2½ years ...

On Juneteenth, kids in Hartford met with cartoonist Joe Young to learn the history of Juneteenth in a creative way at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center. “Kemet the Time Traveler is a comic I created ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "What does it mean to be freed?" one child asked a parent. "Were people really that mean?" a mother recalled her children saying.

Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 years, marking the day a group of enslaved Black people in Texas learned they had been officially freed over two years prior. But for a new generation ...

This article originally appeared in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. The American Civil War had been over for two years before the news arrived to much of Texas, where on June 19, 1865, in the small seaport of ...