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The City of Lexington’s Juneteenth celebrations started last Saturday and will continue through June 19th. It’s the third year the city has officially recognized the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger – who’s buried in Lexington Cemetery – issued an order in Texas announcing that slavery had ended.

Americans across the country are observing the relatively new Juneteenth federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings

The story behind this federal holiday stretches back to when slavery was still common place across the country - nowadays the day is set aside to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people

Joseph McGill Jr tells a fascinating, necessary story of his direct engagement with truths many Americans would rather ignore

FORT WORTH, Texas — Growing up in Texas, Opal Lee celebrated Juneteenth by picnicking and dancing with her family at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth.

Whenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as a child growing up in the Caribbean, they often look confused.

Boatmaster says skippers barred from saying some lakeshore houses were built by those who profited from slavery

On June 19, African Americans will celebrate Juneteenth. This day marks emancipation from chattel slavery and the long and violent struggle for Black people to be recognized as equally human.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has conceded that women trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation could be deported under measures to tackle…

Michigan State law professor Justin Simard says 18% of all published American cases are within two steps of a slave case. His team has spent years documenting them, hoping to force a legal reckoning.

The Home Secretary said there are no ‘blanket exclusions’ but said such women could be protected if they co-operate with a police investigation.