Yasmina Porter greets a friend as the Santa Cruz Juneteenth Choir sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the 34th Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebration fills Laurel Park behind London Nelson ...

When the Civil War began, the remote Pacific Northwest lacked Eastern telegraph and railroad connections, cutting it off from news. Newspapers took six weeks to arrive by ship. The news of South Carol ...

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...

With concerts, festivals, expositions and more, the Grand Strand is gearing up to celebrate liberation this Juneteenth. Here are five of the best ways to mark the holiday around Myrtle Beach.

My grandmother taught me we are all born into a great, unfinished struggle. She meant the struggle for justice. For truth. For dignity.

Editor's note This story has been updated to correct the time of the Lancaster city hall flag raising on June 19, and to add ...

Juneteenth is about African American history. And what better way to celebrate than with four Paterson families that have pre ...

South Carolina's rich musical heritage shines through figures like James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, and 803 Fresh, blending soul ...

The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...

In 1873, a group of 50 or so African Americans facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan in their hometown of Cross Anchor in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, left in the middle of the night for the ...

Authors Dr. Walter B. Curry, Beverly Aiken-Muhammad and Anusha Ghosh present the narrative of Dr. Matilda Evans and her extraordinary career journey in their book, "South Carolina's Matilda Evans ...