It's red, white and blue—and a proud symbol of African American history. Meet the Juneteenth flag. The post The Juneteenth ...

The day, which gets its name from combining June and 19, has long been celebrated by black Americans as a symbol of their long-awaited emancipation — but the story behind the holiday ...

But Emancipation Day is more than a historical ... While controversial today, the act stands as a complicated but powerful symbol of justice inching forward. For the Black residents of D.C ...

The decree also left room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared ...

As we experience what seems like a rerun of the Cold War—with Russia once again a hostile dictatorship—it may be hard to remember that Russia and the U.S. were once warmly supportive of each ...

One of the features of the call, we observe, is that "emancipation immediate and unconditional is our best and only true policy." The Unionism of the State has settled firmly on that principle.

A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will mark D.C. Emancipation Day on Sunday, April 13. It's free to attend. Grammy winner Anthony Hamilton, NAACP Image Award winner Chanté Moore ...