GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government.

Juneteenth events at Booker T. Washington National Monument detail the life of the famous author and orator who was freed in Franklin County after being enslaved the first nine years of his life.

This weekend, a historic milestone is being honored in Franklin County. The Booker T. Washington National Monument is commemorating 160 years since his emancipation. The event showcases how the ...

Metro Monument commemorating freedom fight becomes Juneteenth learning space for young visitors Published: Jun. 19, 2025, 5:21 p.m.

That moment of freedom will be commemorated at the Booker T. Washington National Monument with special events from June 19-22.

Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to establish Houston’s Emancipation Park—a space to celebrate Juneteenth and ...

An 1889 rendition by architects Bullard & Bullard of the National Emancipation Monument proposed for Springfield, Illinois (Library of Congress), superimposed on a 34-star U.S. flag dating to the ...

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Reporters Hayden Dunbar and Tyler Whetstone are contributing to that effort to tell the fuller story of emancipation with their articles in today's newspaper.

HOUSTON — A Juneteenth celebration that was scheduled to take place at Emancipation Park on Saturday has been postponed. Event organizers called it off due to the weather conditions.

Guyana's offshore oil industry is set to take a major leap forward as the One Guyana floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel readies its first export cargo ...

Windsor council will consider abandoning efforts to restore a historic bandshell and instead erect a monument to the Emancipation Day celebrations once held there.