The Juneteenth Day of Observance — to celebrate when freedom finally came to the over 250,000 enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 — would not be a federally recognized holiday without the activism of Opal Lee.

At 97 years old, she's still doing it, walking the walk and talking the talk.

A year after Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the U.S., people gathered this weekend at events filled with music, food and fireworks.

Black Americans are rejoicing after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.

President Joe Biden has signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president.

Oprah Winfrey and Hearst Magazines are teaming up for interviews that pair young Black journalists with elders to tell stories about their lives.