Wednesday marked Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston and announced that enslaved people in the United States were free. San Antonio organizations honored the holiday with educational events, festivals and more.

The 97-year-old Texan known for her push to make Juneteenth a national holiday has been given the keys to her new home.

When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home.

Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is among the inductees for the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday.

The White House hosted their first-ever Juneteenth celebration this week. County Commissioner Tommy Calvert was in attendance.

A Texas woman who helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday has become the second Black Texan honored with a portrait on the walls of the state’s Senate chamber.

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

When she was 12, her childhood home was burned to the ground by white neighbors on June 19, 1939, because her family was Black.

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

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

FORT WORTH, Texas The building at 1012 N. Main St. is unremarkable a brick shell that appears to be little more than a relic of Fort Worths industrial past. The Projects Group has worked on many Sundance Square projects, and more recently managed the Dickies Arena construction and renovations at the Amon Carter Museum. In 1916, as the Klan was regaining power across the country, a Fort Worth assistant police chief decided to form a Klan group. Along with hosting Klan gatherings, it served as a community center and auditorium. While many people may be unaware of the Klans presence in Fort Worth, McKinney said its legacy has been woven into the citys cultural history.

For the past three months, the coronavirus has disproportionately sickened and killed black Texans, and for the last month protesters have filled the streets marching for racial justice. Juneteenth is a celebration that honors the day black Texans learned of their emancipation from Union soldiers in Galveston on June 19, 1865. Bob Daemmrich/The Image WorksCrystal Aitaegbebhunu and her studio partners run through their choreography for a Juneteenth black empowerment video at Emancipation Park on June 15, 2020. Last: Crystal Aitaegbebhunu and her studio partners run through their choreography for a Juneteenth black empowerment video at Emancipation Park on June 15, 2020. For her five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, shell do an oral retelling of moments in black history, their family lineage and the meaning of Juneteenth.