The Ashé Cultural Arts Center celebrates 25 years of Maafa with events Saturday (June 28) and July 5, commemorating the ...

Because the only thing better than dancing in hard times is doing it alongside the people you want to feel loved, lifted, and ...

A Juneteenth celebration in Monrovia moved well beyond commemoration on Thursday, June 19, as creative and policy heavyweights mapped out practical ways to deepen economic and cultural ties between ...

By the time the drumming and dancing starts Thursday, an organization that promotes African American history and culture in ...

As the clock nears midnight on New Year’s Eve, many African American churches and households across the country gather not to ...

Celebrate Juneteenth, stay up late at the Smithsonian’s Solstice Saturday, dance at an outdoor concert or sample barbecue on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. Here are ...

By Madison Troyer Often called 'America's second Independence Day' or 'Black Independence Day,' Juneteenth commemorates the ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States - marked as June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers announced the freedom of slaves in Galveston, Texas, two years after ...

Levitt Pavilion Dayton and Home of Urban Creative Arts’ fifth annual celebration of Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the emancipation of African Americans from slavery on June 19, 1865, will ...

Historic sites are grappling with how to portray the truth about slavery. But some people, it seems, prefer a sanitized retelling of America's past.