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What is Juneteenth? While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, people who were enslaved in Confederate states could not exercise their freedoms, according ...
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 ...
Though President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect more than two years earlier, it could not be enforced in Confederate-held areas until Union troops arrived.
Griffin, the founder and chief executive of Citadel, broke the auction record for a Lincoln-signed document.
Despite the uphill battle to pass federal reparations bills for African Americans, some lawmakers continue to reintroduce the measures.
President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act that provided for the transcontinental railroad. The Lincoln Locomotive was built in North Little Rock, Arkansas. As attorney, Lincoln often ...
A PLAQUE STORED IN THE STATEHOUSE FOR 24 YEARS WILL BE REDEDICATED LATER TODAY, AND THAT PLAQUE HONORS NEW HAMPSHIRE VETERANS OF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE.
Matiang'i has character and the will to lead the nation, having proven himself in the ministries he served.
Alabama Life & Culture Alabama ties to the Lincoln assassination: 3 strange and fascinating tales Published: Jul. 01, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
COMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar risks discrediting her own Lincolnesque immigration reform ...
Feeling lucky? Maybe there'll be a $118 million Powerball winner just after the Juneteenth or “Freedom Day” federal holiday, which was June 19, 2025.
A second suspect, Darmontre Peters, has been charged with seven counts of assault and battery in connection with the deadly shooting at Tulsa's Juneteenth festival, where 19-year-old Timetrious ...