Sylvia England, founder of the African American Museum at England Manor in Waukegan, staffed a tent with cultural displays at ...

A late compromise helped landmark status for Pilsen’s St. Adalbert Catholic Church finally move ahead Tuesday, a decisive step in a fierce preservation battle. The City Council’s Zoning Committee ...

Accompanied by local church choirs, the quintet will perform at 6 p.m. June 19 the Gail Borden Public Library’s Juneteenth ...

It is Juneteenth week! The holiday recognizes the summer day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

Houston's Juneteenth celebration of legacy will honor the life of Sheila Jackson Lee ...

As you make your summer travel plans, these museums and exhibits dedicated to Black history and culture should be on your ...

Johnson unveiled a reparations plan and grant program for the community impacted by "historic slavery" amid a DOJ racism probe.

Get used to it: The blow for blow, tit for tat is an example of the extent that politics has permeated every level of ...

MLK Jr. Parade & Juneteenth Celebration is this Thursday, June 19, 2025. You’re sure to see a neighbor. Parade lineup starts at 8:30 a.m. at Chilhowee Park and steps off at 10 a.m., marching down ...

Area residents are invited once again to join in with all of the Juneteenth activities that are being brought to us by the ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.