Plattsburgh residents Don and Vivian Papson work to go the distance for freedom. In recognition of their contributions, they were the recipients of the Colors of Freedom Community Award presented by ...

The Walk to the River was first initiated by Mayor Van Johnson in 2024 to commemorate the holiday, and this year turnout for ...

The 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. March/Parade and Juneteenth Celebration begins 10 a.m. Thursday in Knoxville. The parade will step off from Chilhowee Park and end at Dr.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. Here are ...

Juneteenth became a time for both reflection and celebration, blending solemn remembrance with joyous expressions of culture ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. TV reporters and photographers were there ...

This week, the National Juneteenth Museum will host its inaugural Freedom Vibes festival to celebrate the freedom and progress that Juneteenth represents. The four-day celebration is in honor of the ...

Among the less recognizable buildings slated for potential sale were several bearing the names of civil rights leaders, ...

Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally. Skip to content NOWCAST NewsCenter ...

Local News Boston rally honors 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Freedom Rally “I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that.

On a rainy day in late April 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of 20,000 people who had marched with him from Roxbury. Sixty years later — on a ...