Mississippians who are uncomfortable with the state recognizing Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday have options.

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people ...

Juneteenth – which was recognised as a federal holiday in 2021 – now more widely represents the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the country in the wake of the US Civil War and its ...

What started as an effort to promote racial unity in Edenton by reconsidering its most prominent downtown symbol has done the ...

Holidays span cultures and time, and sometimes even lie in religious or secular commemorations. As they allow families to ...

Valley Players’ production of Lee Blessing’s play “A Walk in the Woods” will run at First Congregational Church in Amherst at 7 p.m. June 20-22, June 27-28, and at 2:30 p.m. on June 29.

Samuel Osborne and his family, who became beloved members of the Waterville community in the late 19th century, were honored in a Juneteenth celebration at their gravesites in Pine Grove Cemetery.

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and other publications ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and other publications ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. For the last four years, Alabama’s current Republican governor, Kay Ivey, used her executive powers to designate Juneteenth as a state holiday. The ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and other publications ...