On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

The town is actively seeking readers to participate in the “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” event on July 2 from 5-7 p.m ...

MARIETTA — President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Juneteenth National Independence Day program at Marietta Colle ...

On Independence Day, I will sincerely celebrate a nation that, despite its demagogues and fools, was capable of producing an ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they ...

As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

The Trump administration will likely lose those cases, thanks to the strong American tradition of jury resistance.

Ahead of the Fourth of July, Globe Opinion asked readers and community members about their American identity. From pride to ...

Kevin Sack's “Mother Emanuel" is a deep dive into AME history and a valuable contribution to discourse about the the church, ...

Opal Lee, Unity Unlimited, Inc., NBC 5, and Telemundo 39, celebrate Juneteenth at Opal’s Walk for Freedom. The walk features a new, scenic route in Fort Worth that starts at Farrington Field, passes ...