Juneteenth

Juneteenth is Saturday, June 19, and the annual Let the Good Times Roll festival kicks off Friday, plus there is a freedom ride, which is a bike ride that begins Saturday morning.

Caitlin Douglas with We the People talks about why the holiday is important to her.

The annual Let the Good Times Roll festival returns for its 34th year with new performers, artists, celebrity guests, good food, and much more.

It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.

Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

Juneteenth is June 19, and the City of Minden is all set to hold a celebration commemorating the end of slavery.

Caddo Parish commissioners recognize Juneteenth each year.

Juneteenth is now an official state holiday in Louisiana.

The House passed a bill Wednesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday.

Shreveport area media and marketing business owner, Drayden Dunn, is using Juneteenth as a backdrop for a Black art show.

The Senate has passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

Juneteenth is coming up on June 19, and to help teach children about the day, one childhood literacy center in Shreveport is doing something unique.

Juneteenth is history — but you may not find it in books and it is rarely taught in schools.

Shreveport’s annual Juneteenth festival, Let the Good Times Roll, is being held June 18 through 20, and as part of the festival, LSU Health Sciences - Shreveport and Senator Gregory Tarver (D-Shreveport) have partnered to offer COVID-19 shots at the event.

The Marhsall-Harrison County Juneteenth Committee is working with the George Washington Carver Community Center on a series of celebrations in Marshall, Texas for the upcoming Juneteenth weekend.

As more and more states recognize Juneteenth as a holiday — people are sharing their stories of what Juneteenth means to them.

For the first time ever, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will observe Juneteenth as an official university holiday.

Juneteenth is June 19, and as part of the occasion, LSU Shreveport is hosting a collaborative celebration.

Most of us recognize April 9th, 1865, as the end of the Civil War. But according to State Representative Larry Selders, there’s a little bit more to the story.