Juneteenth

The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County are partnering with Visit Hopkinsville to offer bus tours on Saturday that educate riders on African American history in the local area.

Kentucky has joined more than half the country in declaring June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day.

Multiple groups in western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee will be holding Juneteenth celebrations in the coming days.

Mayfield will celebrate Juneteenth for a third consecutive year this weekend, with planned events Saturday and Sunday set to bring together community partners to highlight Black history and look to the future.

Residents in some western Kentucky communities are planning to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday this Saturday with gatherings featuring local businesses, a voter registration drive and in one case, a protest.

On the first day of Black History Month, Mayor Greg Fischer announced the creation of a commission to manage and promote citywide Juneteenth celebrations.…

Beyoncé's upcoming visual album, Black Is King, is based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack. A press release calls it "a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience."

"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free," states General Order No. 3.

Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year's Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning.

In the wake of protests calling for racial equality and other reforms after the killing of George Floyd, there's a growing movement to make June 19 a federal holiday.