The Lubbock community is welcome to celebrate Juneteenth this year at multiple events throughout the week.Host RealDealCares ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate when the last known slaves were freed two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. For Ricky Sherifield, ...

The City of Lubbock is invited to come together for a series of events in honor of Juneteenth, celebrating freedom through ...

Juneteenth celebration is set for June 21 at Edgar and Essie Givens Park. The free community event will begin at 11 a.m. at 16th Street and Walter Griffin St. There will be a parade, vendors, music, ...

The Lubbock Public Library is hosting various events this week, including a Mobile Dairy Classroom, a Trash Fashion Show, a Bring TTU to You program, a Knit & Crochet session, a Watercolor ...

When I was 8, in 1984, the men emerged from the shadows. Joe Hatchett, a truck driver, founded Lubbock’s Juneteenth Senior Citizens Picnic Committee, which later became the Juneteenth Committee.

(Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer) June 19 is Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in Texas. Juneteenth has long been celebrated nationwide, particularly in the South. It became a ...