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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

Though it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a date that was long omitted from history books—and wasn’t designated as a federal holiday ...

They were finally free. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day, celebrates African-American freedom in the United States. Wednesday ...