The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community.

Along with other scheduled days of events, the government of the Virgin Islands hosted a solemn and spirited Ras Tafari Day ...

An inaugural gospel sing-off will headline this year’s Emancipation Vigil ceremony in Montego Bay, St James, as part of ...

The Owen Sound Emancipation Picnic and Festival, is set to go August 1st-3rd. The city was the most northerly terminus of the ...

A new feature film set to begin filming in the Triad is looking for background actors. Filming in the Triad starts on Friday and continues through August. According to Bard Background Casting, the ...

English colonists arrived at Roanoke Island, near the coast of present-day North Carolina, to reestablish an earlier, deserted colony.

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 22. Check what happened today in history here.

What began as a rainy morning turned into a heartfelt celebration of freedom, heritage and unity as the Montevallo community gathered for its third annual Juneteenth celebration on Thursday, June 19.

Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities — ...

Freedman’s Village in Arlington, Virginia The U.S. government built Freedman’s Village in June 1863 on land taken from ...

The African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has marked the 2025 Juneteenth, a commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African ...