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The Urban League of Hampton Roads (ULHR) is teaming up with the City of Portsmouth for the fourth annual Juneteenth Freedom ...
Juneteenth 2025 in Portsmouth will celebrate the 10 years of the African Burying Ground Memorial Park with African drumming ...
The Urban League of Hampton Roads (ULHR) teamed up with the City of Portsmouth for the fourth annual Juneteenth Freedom Day ...
Several Juneteenth activities will be held in Hampton Roads in the days leading up to and shortly after the holiday.
Juneteenth celebrations filled with history, music and performances have been hosted throughout Hampton Roads.
On June 19, 2025, the United States will pause to commemorate Juneteenth, marking the end of slavery. As a federal holiday ...
The Portsmouth-based nonprofit organization is busy preparing for 2023 Juneteenth events. The federal holiday on June 19 marks, June 19, 1865, when southern slaves were told they were no longer ...
Today on Juneteenth, we are celebrating African American freedom and history with a look at The Black Heritage Trail of New ...
Juneteenth can't be changed by an executive order with an ego-sized signature scratched onto a piece of paper by someone slouched in the Oval Office.
Celebrations of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday that honors the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, are growing ...
Joshua Holder and Allanah Evans from the Urban League of Hampton Roads joined us on HRS with more on why the celebration is so important to the community.