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On Sunday, Churchgoers will celebrate Juneteenth during their worship services. Members of the clergy reflect on the role of the church and the holiday marking the notification of the end of slavery.

NEW YORK — Some organizers of Juneteenth celebrations around the city admit they’ve been learning about the origins of the commemoration, but are eager to bring New Yorkers up to

Roy Rochlin/Getty ImagesFor over 40 years, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival has been taking place in New York's Prospect Park. It's one of the city's longest-running outdoor performing arts festivals -- and it's free. The summer-long festival kicked off last week and Executive Producer Diane Eber dished to ABC Audio on what festival-goers can expect. "First and foremost, good vibes," she shares. "We worked really hard to create those good vibes across the b...

The origins of Juneteenth, the country's newest holiday, aren't often covered in history classes.

The celebration honors June 19, 1865, when federal troops brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was finally recognized as a federal holiday in 2021.

Some people ask why we should celebrate Juneteenth when we already have Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK Day is about the wonderful legacy of a man.

TheGrio highlights five ways that Juneteenth is being celebrated in the word of entertainment in New York, online and on TV.

Roy Rochlin/Getty ImagesFor over 40 years BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival has been taking place in New York's Prospe...

It’s both good ethics and good business to support the rights of Black Americans and women when they are under assault.

Design by Ingrid Frahm From Pride to Juneteenth, there’s lots to celebrate and commemorate this month. What better way to do so than through the arts and other cultural programming? The Brooklyn Academy of Music and Lincoln Center will both debut powerful productions involving theater and music dedicated to honoring Black lives lost, while virtual Pride programming will include a DJ set filmed around New York City. The Obama Portraits Tour will kick off in Chicago, marking the first of its f...