Some on the “Juneteenth Jubilee and Freedom Walk,” which retraced the steps of enslaved people seeking freedom, say they worry about Trump’s anti-DEI measures.

Local historian Mikal Barnes is helping to illuminate the significance of Juneteenth as Freedom Day, and is encouraging community members to attend a special 13th Amendment unveiling and discussion at St.

LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State University celebrated Juneteenth much as Bobbie Green remembers observing it in her childhood: Outdoors on a summer day, eating barbecue beneath trees and sunshine,