42+ min ago  (33+ words) Action News 5 Fort Spring Juneteenth event preserves Black history in Lexington Lexington's Urban County Council launches online data center forum, information hub...

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5+ hour, 56+ min ago  (133+ words) Local history center celebrates Juneteenth My Wabash Valley. com (WTWO/WAWV) " Friday marks the day that slavery officially ended the United States Juneteenth is widely recognized on June 19th, and the Vigo Country History Center held a celebration The goal was…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (572+ words) An elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, sits on land that was once the Farmington hemp plantation. That fact gutted me as I stood before "Childhood Interrupted," an art installation depicting enslaved children on the lawn of the historic home. My…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (1377+ words) ALLENTOWN " For many, Black history is the stories that their grandparents, parents, uncles, aunties and church communities tell. It's stories of war, families and overcoming hardship. But with each generation, memories fade. The names of those who had lived generations…...

49+ min ago  (497+ words) The clouds and rain weren't enough to dampen Williamsburg's Juneteenth celebrations Friday. The day's festivities to celebrate the national holiday, which commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States, began with a ceremonial groundbreaking of the city's African-American…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (794+ words) Detroit is perhaps the best place to celebrate Juneteenth. That's according to visitors and residents alike in the city who on Friday, June 19, marked the anniversary of when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom more…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1117+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (RNS) " From 1830 to 1860, tens of thousands of enslaved people disembarked ships at Richmond's Manchester Docks, an entry point into a bondage system that built Virginia's wealth and shaped the city's history. Shackled together, the enslaved people trudged along…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (653+ words) Douglass Greene and Evans called out acts of the current Trump administration and Supreme Court, as well as addressed the legacy of enslaved people in the U. S. Kevin Douglass Greene, a direct descendant of Frederick Douglass, and Brian Evans, a direct…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago  (564+ words) Published 4: 40 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 Editor's note: This story is part of the continuing series focusing on historic locations that are part of the Virginia 250 Passport program. As the summer nears, a Charlottesville historic site is gearing up for a season…...