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

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

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, ...

Lubbock will mark the Juneteenth holiday Monday with a celebration capping off a long weekend of events that featured a pageant, parade, music and other festivities. In Mackenzie Park at 6 p.m ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The Lubbock Juneteenth Committee is delighted to announce this year’s Annual Juneteenth Rise Up Celebration, which will take place on Saturday, June 15. This year’s ...

Lubbock RISE UP is hosting several events for Juneteenth 2025, including a kick-off celebration, a glow-in-the-dark party for ...

Lubbock will mark the upcoming Juneteenth holiday with a day-long celebration Saturday. The festivities will begin with a community breakfast for seniors from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Mae Simmons ...

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.

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Wednesday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the ...

In terms of federal holidays, Juneteenth may seem young. But the national day of observance has been commemorated for more than 160 years, its adherents recognizing and celebrating the day when ...