Black Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth for more than a century, but it's only been a federal holiday for a few years. Here's what to know.

Since its inception over 160 years ago, celebrations around the Juneteenth holiday have only grown in the United States.

En 2021, el presidente Joe Biden firmó un proyecto de ley que convertía al Juneteenth en una fiesta federal oficial. Esta legislación histórica marcó un hito importante en el…

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the US. This federal holiday, officially recognized in 2021, marks the 1865 arrival of Union troops in…

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Black Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth for more than a century, but it's only been a federal holiday for a few years. Here's what to know.