CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker said he is ordering flags be lowered in Illinois to commemorate Juneteenth on June 19. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery ...

Often called "America's second Independence Day" or "Black Independence Day," Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It is celebrated annually every June 19 and is the first ...

With Black Lives Matter protests happening around the nation and the world following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks, among too many others killed by police officers, ...

Today, people in Pittsburgh are not only celebrating Juneteenth, they are also commemorating the life of Antwon Rose. Two years ago today, a white police officer shot the black 17-year-old as he was ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it "very famous." But on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday ...

But on this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery in the country he leads again. No ...