This past Thursday was Juneteenth, the commemoration of when the Emancipation Proclamation was finally publicly declared in Galveston, Texas, a long-standing stronghold of slavery. Although the ...

RELATED: That church, the first and oldest operating AME church in the state, is one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in Texas was announced on that day in 1865.

RELATED: That church, the first and oldest operating AME church in the state, is one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in Texas was announced on that day in 1865.

Asbury United Methodist Church, Smyrna, fourth Friday of each month, 1-3 p.m. in back parking lot on Delaware Street between Mt. Vernon and North streets. Church address is 20 N. Mt. Vernon St.

BAY CITY — A fire in the early hours of Friday morning destroyed Tyree African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of Bay City’s oldest historically Black churches. The Bay City Volunteer Fire Department ...

A resolution introduced by U.S. Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham to commemorate the nine victims of the Mother Emanuel AME Church attack in Charleston passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas. The former Democratic president’s… ...

The ex-president’s plans were confirmed by a person with knowledge of them, but not authorised to discuss logistics publicly. In 2021, Mr Biden signed legislation that established Juneteenth as ...

The ex-president’s plans were confirmed by a person with knowledge of them, but not authorised to discuss logistics publicly. In 2021, Mr Biden signed legislation that established Juneteenth as a ...

The event on Thursday will be held at the Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston. That church, the first and oldest operating AME church in the state, is one of the locations ...