Public events started in 1975, but the NAACP marked it a decade earlier Pacoima was the first place the city celebrated Juneteenth in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles…
Read more When Was the First Juneteenth Celebration in Los Angeles? – LAmagWTOP has curated a list of D.C.-area events organized in celebration of Juneteenth 2026. The U.S. will observe Juneteenth on Friday. Officially recognized as a federal holiday in…
Read more Juneteenth 2026: Your guide to celebrating in the DC areaThe Durag Festival, held last year at the Blackbox Theater, is taking a pause in 2026. Durag Festival Charlotte’s Durag Fest — a Juneenth celebration of Black art,…
Read more Another Charlotte festival pauses, citing ‘circumstances outside of our control’Source: Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch Social media is ABLAZE over Kendrick Lamar’s now-legendary ‘The Pop Out: Ken & Friends‘ show on Juneteenth…
Read more WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP: Funniest (And Pettiest) Tweets From Kendrick Lamar’s Aubrey-Annihilating #Gangchella ShowWhen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state officials joined more than 100 Negro League baseball fans to celebrate Juneteenth at Historic Hamtramck Stadium on Wednesday, city officials were…
Read more Fact check: Whitmer didn’t snub Hamtramck city officials at Negro League eventPLEASANT HILL — As people celebrate Juneteenth, many are also remembering Willie Mays and what he meant for the Black community. In Pleasant Hill Wednesday, people gathered to…
Read more Juneteenth joy in East Bay muted by death of Willie MaysCLEARWATER, Fla. — Americans across the country are celebrating Juneteenth on Wednesday. It’s the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they were free — nearly two years…
Read more Tampa Bay group quilts together history on JuneteenthOpal Lee and several hundred friends and supporters took a walk to remember Wednesday morning, a 2.5 mile trek near Fair Park to celebrate Juneteenth. This year’s Opal’s Walk…
Read more PHOTOS: Opal’s Walk for Freedom Brings Out Hundreds in Dallas on JuneteenthEver since Juneteenth became a national holiday, corporations have been trying to do to it what they’ve done with Pride: strip it of its roots and turn it…
Read more Juneteenth Movie WatchlistLAKELAND, Fla. — The City of Lakeland is recognizing Juneteenth as on official, paid holiday for the first time. Juneteenth, which was declared a federal holiday by President…
Read more City of Lakeland officially recognizes Juneteenth for the first timeHere’s what you need to know about D.C.-area government schedule modifications and closures this Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, a Union general informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston,…
Read more Juneteenth: What’s open, what’s closed in the DC area – WTOP NewsNorth Shore communities will commemorate Juneteenth next week with flag raisings and celebrations. Swampscott, Marblehead, Peabody, Beverly, Lynn, Hamilton and Wenham kicked off the holiday this week with…
Read more North Shore to host Juneteenth celebrationsCLEVELAND (WJW) — With the city’s Juneteenth festival on Saturday, then a Rolling Stones concert that evening at Cleveland Browns Stadium, downtown traffic is likely going to be…
Read more Going downtown? Here are road closures, parking infoWTOP has curated a list of area events organized in celebration of Juneteenth 2024. On Wednesday, June 19, the United States will observe Juneteenth. A little history: In…
Read more Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia – WTOP NewsA group of tech-driven artists from Oakland kicked off their inaugural Juneteenth hackathon this week, a tech event aimed at changing the way art is discovered and seen…
Read more Juneteenth Hack brings Black artists together with augmented-reality techThis Saturday, the Chuck Brown Band headlines a special concert at Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, from 12 to 5 p.m. on lineup that includes Trouble…
Read more Godfather of Go-Go’s son leads Chuck Brown Band at Maryland concert to ring in Father’s Day, Juneteenth – WTOP NewsTAMPA, Fla. — Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, became a federal holiday after President Joe Biden signed the legislation on June 17, 2021. The day commemorates the ending of slavery on June…
Read more Juneteenth celebrations across Tampa Bay for 2024TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Museum of Art has commissioned Ya La’ford for an original work as the 2024 Juneteenth artist, hosting her in conversation ahead of the June 15th celebration. “I’m…
Read more Juneteenth celebrations kick off at Tampa Museum of ArtBarbarette Talley, right, of the Queen City Senior African Drummers, plays the djembe alongside her groupmates during the Juneteenth Festival of the Carolinas in 2022. Arthur H. Trickett-Wile…
Read more Juneteenth festivals, events and other celebrations to mark the holiday in CharlotteEntertainment company 313 Presents will host its first Juneteenth Celebration this year at the Fox Theatre. The evening includes performances by Grammy-winning Motown legends the Commodores and 1980s…
Read more Detroit Juneteenth concert with Commodores, Pointer Sisters, and Detroit Youth Choir announced
