Oni Press has just released a graphic biography on the origin story of Juneteenth, as told through the life of the woman most responsible for making it a national reality. First Freedom: The Story of ...

Despite proclaiming last February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by what critics say are attacks on Black history in the United States.

ADMIRE AS WE CHART OUR OWN PATHS OF PERSEVERANCE AND EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT AND PRESERVE BLACK HISTORY, SPECIFICALLY WITH HER WORK WITH JUNETEENTH IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW BOOK RELEASED TODAY. FIRST ...

Dr. Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth," tirelessly championed the recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday, urging ongoing preservation of Black history.

Last year, the U.S. government finally caught up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe ...

The new Oni Press graphic novel dramatizes the life and work of Dr. Opal Lee.

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved men and women in Texas found out they were free. But liberation didn't arrive in one day.

Rewind the clock about 155 years, and you would find yourself in 1865. And if you were an enslaved man, woman or child in Texas, it was the day that the news of liberation reached your state, more ...

Celebrations all over Los Angeles County marked Juneteenth and they all shared one thing in common: A rich sense of history. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger reading ...

Key Fletcher, director of Mosaic Templars, told a crowd inside the museum’s ballroom that the museum, which is part of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, is partnering with the ...