A recent Columbia resident shares some family history, and a celebration committee member shares why Juneteenth is important.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's mother told him that patience sometimes is a virtue, and sometimes it is a detriment. When it comes ...

Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner comes at a uniquely challenging time for the United States, the organization's president says.

Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered by ...

On June 19, across the United States, Juneteenth was once again celebrated mdash;not merely as a federal holiday, but as a ...

Learn about the history behind Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday that honors the end of slavery in the ...

Now in its West Coast premiere at Greenway Court Theatre, Greenwood 1964 brings to life a very specific moment in civil ...

A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination should be released before 2027. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...

San Angelo resident Dudra Butler is a member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association, and said King's legacy should be honored with action, not just words. "As we celebrate him, I've been ...

But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”</p><p>With these words, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. built a crescendo to his final speech on April 3, 1968.

Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, left, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., center, and Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, right, meet at the Capitol June 17, 1961, in Albany, N.Y. (Times Union archive) ...

The Conversation focuses on how the overall expansion of voting rights and a historical understanding of “We the People” ...