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Despite the celebration-filled weekend, Houston's weather has been uncooperative, to say the least. That's why a select number of multiservice centers will remain open and extend its hours as cooling centers

Juneteenth festivities and celebrations are taking place across Philadelphia this weekend.

As part of their community give back, BPIR organizers are serving up a first-class welcome to those who have served our country.

Opening ceremonies for Allentown's Juneteenth Weekend celebration Friday at Cedar Beach have been postponed due to the weather forecast.

Patricia Fortune led Greensboro's first citywide Juneteenth festival on June 19, 1996.

This week: PrideFest and a parade, garden tours, champagne and oysters, outdoor movie time and more.

The national holiday for the end of slavery will be marked by silent walks, cemetery tours, concerts, fireworks and other celebrations across NJ.

On June 19, 1865, the last United States enslaved people were freed. Even though President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Decree in January 1863, thousands of enslaved Black men and women in Texas were not granted liberation until federal forces arrived in the state to enforce the order on June 19, 1865. After the approval of the Thirteenth Amendment in December of that year, slavery ...

This week: the Newport Pride Center opens its doors, a Billy Joel tribute in Providence, sea glass festival, PVD Porchfest, and more.

Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler and Melvin Gregg will star in Lionsgate's 'The Blackening' during Juneteenth Weekend.