NEW ORLEANS — After passing unanimously in both the House and Senate, on June 11, 2021, Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill designating Juneteenth as a Louisiana state holiday.

These states clearly want Black people to remain free-ish. L.A.’s New Orleans Corridor, on the other hand, is about freedom. Community celebrate the newly named, “New Orleans Corridor.” ...

New Orleans attorney Juan LaFonta’s free Juneteenth celebration There are three colors in the Pan-African flag that was created in 1920. The color black represents the diasporic people of Africa.

NEW ORLEANS — Juneteenth, the holiday so pivotal in the history of the Black community in the U.S., is receiving newfound recognition across the nation in 2020. The June 19 holiday commemorates ...

Juneteenth will be celebrated in New Orleans with events in the area. The holiday remembers the emancipation of enslaved people in America and was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021.

The Juneteenth Celebration began on Ben Burkett’s farm in Petal, Mississippi, in 2021 but moved to New Orleans City Park in 2023.

New Groove Brass Band performs in the kickoff second line parade for the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival past "The Stories of Us" exhibit in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, Thursday, June 19 ...

NEW ORLEANS — On a sweltering Juneteenth afternoon, kids and families in Algiers found the perfect way to beat the heat — and honor freedom — with a splash.

On Jan. 1, 1869, the New Orleans Tribune, the successor to L’Union, covered an emancipation celebration on the sixth anniversary of the proclamation’s effective date.

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Thursday that she officially added Juneteenth to the City employees' holiday calendar, starting with observance of the holiday on Friday.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Juneteenth is our nation’s holiday that celebrates when all citizens were free. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates when the enslaved in Galveston, Texas ...