SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, some question whether or not lawmakers in 1865 actually intended to abolish enslavement. Juneteenth commemorates the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Several Juneteenth events were highlighted across the Ark-La-Tex Thursday (June 19). June 19 marks Freedom Day, which many have called America’s second Independence Day. The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—As the nation marks Juneteenth, local historian and LSU Shreveport graduate student Mikal Barnes is helping illuminate the holiday’s deeper significance beyond the ...

Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom is not a one-time event, but a journey. That’s the message that was delivered by state Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson at Lawrence Township’s annual ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s. Juneteenth ...

While most people know of the Emancipation Proclamation and that Juneteenth Day is celebrated, few people know that Dec. 6 marks a significant date in American history. The 13th Amendment to the ...

It took a while. But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday yet. That holiday, Juneteenth, is today. It celebrates the abolition of ...

It took a while. But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday yet. That holiday, Juneteenth, is today. It celebrates the abolition of ...

Since its start in 2016, Opal’s Walk for Freedom has drawn a bigger crowd each year. “It used to start and march down Evans Avenue there in Fort Worth, but now it’s really grown,” Leo Ceasar Jr. said.

Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth is the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. University's Board of Trustees must approve the changes to Holiday Calendar.