Juneteenth

Outrage mounted Friday over vandalism to newly unveiled George Floyd statues in Brooklyn and Newark, New Jersey, as the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering the 46-year-old father of five was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison — a punishment that some didn’t believe was harsh enough. Ex-cop Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of second-degree unintentional...

Outrage mounted Friday over vandalism to newly unveiled George Floyd statues in Brooklyn and Newark, New Jersey, as the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering the 46-year-old father of five awaited his sentencing fate. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Outrage mounted Friday over vandalism to newly unveiled George Floyd statues in Brooklyn and Newark, New Jersey, as the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering the 46-year-old father of five awaited his sentencing fate. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force says it is investigating vandalism to a George Floyd statue in Brooklyn, as a similar statue in New Jersey was also defaced overnight. The vandalism to the Flatbush statue, which was unveiled on Flatbush Avenue last weekend amid the city’s Juneteenth celebrations, was discovered Thursday morning, the department said. Much of it had...

The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating after a statue of George Floyd in Flatbush was painted black overnight by vandals.NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A new statue of George Floyd is now on display in Brooklyn. The 6-foot sculpture was unveiled in Flatbush early Saturday morning as many across the city celebrate Juneteenth, now a federally recognized holiday. George Floyd’s brother, Terrence Floyd was on hand for the unveiling and spoke about the importance of the day and keeping his brother’s memory alive....

To mark the first Juneteenth celebrated as a federal holiday, News 4’s Checkey Beckford looks back into New York’s past with slavery.

Celebrations, rallies and protests across the tri-state coalesced to recognize Juneteenth, the new federal holiday 156 years in the making. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Parades, picnics and lessons in history are all part of Juneteenth events in the U.S. The day is carrying even more significance after Congress and President Joe Biden created a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery

The contrast between former President Donald Trump’s final Juneteenth in the White House and the lead-up to President Joe Biden’s first is stark.

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country

New York City celebrates Juneteenth with several weekend events commemorating when the last enslaved Americans learned they were free. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports

This week, Adam Kuperstein commemorates our nation’s first new federal holiday in nearly 40 years – Juneteenth.
Experts talk about why some consider it our nation’s real independence day, amid the push for a significant New York state holiday that you have likely never heard of before.

The museum in Cape May features a nine-foot statue of Tubman leading an enslaved girl to freedom.

The museum in Cape May features a nine-foot statue of Tubman leading an enslaved girl to freedom.

Now that Juneteenth is a national holiday, many on social media are on watch to see if it will go the way of Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and other major holidays that were intended to commemorate significant moments or people in American history. That is to say: many are hoping they won’t start seeing Juneteenth mattress sales in the...

After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, slaves in Texas were not told they were free. Things didn’t change until 1865 when troops arrived to ensure that. “You can in fact be free, but if you don’t recognize it, you’re going to live like an enslaved person,” Emory University professor Andra Gillespie says about the history of Juneteenth.

“Juneteenth is important symbolically, and we need the substance to follow, but Black people historically have always tried to do multiple things at the same time.”

The United States government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.”

New York City will launch a broad savings and education program, including thousands of college scholarships for Black and low-income students, in a move tied to Juneteenth and economic recovery. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the Juneteenth Economic Justice Plan would include universal “baby bonds” for all city school districts, and 2,800 four-year CUNY scholarships for disadvantaged students. The mayor…