PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Today is June 19, otherwise known as Juneteenth. It’s a day rooted in cookouts, parades and festivals. Despite the tradition and spectacle, not all Americans know what the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the holiday honoring the life and birthday of the American civil rights leader, is this month.

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of ...

In 2021, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe Biden ...

Ninety-four-year-old activist and retired educator Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act ...

Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will look a little different this year at some places. Is it still a federal holiday?

Barbie is honoring a living legend. The iconic doll brand announced that Dr. Opal Lee, widely known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is receiving her own doll as part of the Barbie Inspiring Women ...