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To mark Juneteenth, NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States — is now a federal holiday.

A series of parades, concerts, and other celebrations will take place this weekend to honor Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating freedom for enslaved…

Detroit ended its week-long celebration of Juneteenth with a rally at the city’s Spirit Plaza on Friday.Juneteenth—June 19—commemorates the day in 1865…

Black Michiganders have been celebrating Emancipation Day in some form since the 1863 proclamation. Here's just a brief glimpse at that history, and how Juneteenth is celebrated today.

On this Juneteenth, NPR is marking the day in 1865 when Union forces arrived in Texas with the news that slavery had been abolished two years earlier with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Movie theater company Emagine Entertainment has backed off its plan to reopen a suburban Detroit movie theater on Friday after company chairman Paul…

The Emagine Royal Oak theater is planning to reopen on Friday for a weeklong Juneteenth film festival, even though the reopening would violate Governor…

Like many artists and activists right now, artist and producer Nadir Omowale has been reflecting on and reacting to the protests against police brutality…

Detroit is celebrating Juneteenth with a week-long series of events starting on Monday.Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19. It commemorates the day in…