Juneteenth

Fort Worth could soon be home to the National Juneteenth Museum, preserving the history of the national holiday and furthering historical education about oppression and freedom.

A retired Bay Area teacher is believed by many to be the first to teach Black studies at a South Bay school in 1971. NBC Bay Area’s Robert Handa spoke to the teacher and what he thinks about Juneteenth celebration.

So much joy and celebration at the second annual Juneteenth jubilee in Oakland Saturday for many community leaders as they said that this year’s celebration feels very different. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Juneteenth was celebrated around the Bay Area and around the country on Saturday.

Juneteenth is being celebrated around the bay area today and around the country. It comes just after President Joe Biden just made it a federal holiday, which marks the end of slavery in America. Christie Smith reports.

Parades, picnics and lessons in history are all part of Juneteenth events in the U.S. The day is carrying even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery

Bay Area officials will honor Juneteenth with art installations, car caravans and more.

The contrast between former President Donald Trump’s final Juneteenth in the White House and the lead-up to President Joe Biden’s first is stark.

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country

On the eve of Juneteenth, an art installation honoring Black lives was unveiled in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

This Friday marked the first time Juneteenth or “June 19” was recognized as a federal holiday.

The museum in Cape May features a nine-foot statue of Tubman leading an enslaved girl to freedom.

Friday is the first official national holiday for Juneteenth, and the Bay Area is celebrating. Sharon Katsuda reports.

After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas were not told they were free. Things didn’t change until 1865 when troops arrived to ensure that. “You can in fact be free, but if you don’t recognize it, you’re going to live like an enslaved person,” Emory University professor Andra Gillespie says about the history of Juneteenth.

Friday is the first official national holiday for Juneteenth, and the Bay Area is celebrating.

Now that Juneteenth is a national holiday, many on social media are on watch to see if it will go the way of Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and other major holidays that were intended to commemorate significant moments or people in American history. That is to say: many are hoping they won’t start seeing Juneteenth mattress sales in the...

President Biden and Vice President Harris signed a bill into law making Juneteenth a federal holiday Thursday, a day celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. NBC Bay Area’s Cheryl Hurd got reaction from a congresswoman who was there and from people attending a gala in San Francisco.

“Juneteenth is important symbolically, and we need the substance to follow, but Black people historically have always tried to do multiple things at the same time.”

Juneteenth became a federal holiday Thursday, so what comes next? Many say this opens the door for reparations for African Americans. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Professor of Politics at USF James Taylor, for their input about the impact of what seems like decades in the making.

The United States government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.”