Juneteenth, Freedom Day, marks the moment in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the Civil War’s remaining enslaved were free, two and a half years after the
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Juneteenth began in Galveston, Texas, and marked the true end of slavery in the U.S. Now, the holiday is federally recognized.
Last year, President Biden officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday, but it has been celebrated long before then by African Americans since 1865. As the holiday became more and more known to
Black creators on TikTok have agreed not to participate in Megan Thee Stallion's new dance challenge and the internet is going nuts over how the dance challenges have gone so far since
On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed the bill that made Juneteenth a federal holiday; Black people all over Twitter are afraid that corporations will commercialize the day (June 19, 1865) that
