Tallahassee marked Florida Emancipation Day with an Old City Cemetery gun salute and a reading of the Emancipation ...

Community members gathered Friday night at Fort King National Historic Landmark in Ocala to reflect on Florida’s Emancipation ...

Tallahassee's Emancipation Week began Saturday with a Walk Through Living History event in the city's historic South Side ...

The city holiday recognizes May 20, 1865, when the Emancipation Proclamation was read on the steps of the Knott House by ...

Gainesville launches Journey to Juneteenth with a flag ceremony, honoring Florida’s May 20, 1865, emancipation and promoting ...

The Emancipation Day event, part of Gainesville’s sixth annual “Journey to Juneteenth” series commemorating Black history and emancipation, featured musical performances, a documentary screening, a ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, ...

A group of former slaves raised $800 to buy land to create Emancipation Park, a gathering spot to celebrate Juneteenth, the ...

Derek O. Jackson, the author of a new book, “Men Dying…Garden Moments,” will be featured at two events in Wakulla County in ...