The Lubbock community is welcome to celebrate Juneteenth this year at multiple events throughout the week.Host RealDealCares ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate when the last known slaves were freed two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. For Ricky Sherifield, ...

In Lubbock, the RISE UP Juneteenth Celebration began Thursday and were set to conclude on Sunday with live music and a fireworks show sponsored by HEB. Saturday saw Lubbock's annual Juneteenth ...

When I was 8, in 1984, the men emerged from the shadows. Joe Hatchett, a truck driver, founded Lubbock’s Juneteenth Senior Citizens Picnic Committee, which later became the Juneteenth Committee.

The City of Lubbock is invited to come together for a series of events in honor of Juneteenth, celebrating freedom through ...

Lubbock will mark the Juneteenth holiday Monday with a celebration capping off a long weekend of events that featured a pageant, parade, music and other festivities. In Mackenzie Park at 6 p.m ...

(Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer) June 19 is Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in Texas. Juneteenth has long been celebrated nationwide, particularly in the South. It became a ...

The UB community came together to take part in Buffalo’s 49th consecutive Juneteenth Festival on June 15 and 16. The Office of Inclusive Excellence led a steering committee made up of representatives ...