Previous RTA coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will offer free rides all day, system-wide, for Juneteenth. Juneteenth is the oldest known annual ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Juneteenth, occurring annually on June 19, is now a federal holiday, ...

As Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, introduced the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers on June 19 to celebrate Juneteenth, he acknowledged the failures of ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.The ...

Pittsburgh’s Juneteenth party is getting a split-level treatment in 2026. Organizers rolled out plans on May 23 for a ...