At 8 p.m. Friday, June 20, through Monday, June 23, at Marigny Opera House. Tickets $31.37-$78.33 (including fees) via eventbrite.com. Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the day when ...

New Orleans is going big for Juneteenth this year, with events all around the city. Named both a Louisiana state holiday and federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in ...

New Orleans has several events this week in honor of Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. Why it matters: Juneteenth celebrations are ...

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 will honor Juneteenth this year with a lineup of events that celebrate Black history, artistry and liberation across the city.

NEW ORLEANS — There are plenty of events popping up on Thursday, June 19th, to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday – the day all Americans were made truly free.

There are several events in New Orleans for people to celebrate Juneteenth. On the New Orleans Lakefront, a celebration is being hosted by attorney Juan Lafonta that is free and open to the public ...

Want to honor and celebrate Juneteenth in New Orleans? You can enjoy live music, celebrate with friends and learn about Black heritage at a number of events happening around the city this month.

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

Thanks for publishing the essay by Shaddai Livingston describing the historical background for the Juneteenth commemoration in New Orleans.

Happy Juneteenth to all who celebrate, which god damn well should be all of us, damn it. Sing it, Mr. Hurt. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight ...