Weeks after the Civil War's guns fell silent and barely two months after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas. They had come to enforce the Emancipation ...

The U.S. Colored Troops were among the first to arrive in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation—yet their story has long been overlooked.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On June 19, 1865, Union Troops arrived in Galveston, Texas. One of their first duties was to execute General Order No. 3. Major General Gordon Granger read the order that declared ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how examining plantation records and market prices deepens our understanding of a devastating chapter in American history. Juneteenth joined Independence Day as ...

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Correction: a previous version of this story expressed that the Frist Art Museum was hosting a yearly August 8 Emancipation event, it was a one time event. America will celebrate Emancipation Day, ...

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the ...