The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with community gatherings featuring cookouts, prayers, and dances. In time, however, white people in certain areas began restricting ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...

The celebrations for Juneteenth began in 1866 – some people held parties, parades, prayer gatherings or cookouts. In 1980, Juneteenth first became a state holiday in Texas, and over time ...

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the first Juneteenth celebration took place in Galveston, Texas in 1865. The original day of commemoration included prayer meetings and the singing of ...

The first Juneteenth celebrations took place in Texas in 1866, with family events such as meals, parades, musical performance and prayers. As time went by, the descendants of those who had been ...