With the Founders Library in the background, a young man reads on Howard University campus July 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Juneteenth is a time to celebrate the success of HBCUs

June 19, 2026

Today, America celebrates our newest federal holiday of Juneteenth — the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation’s full enforcement in Texas. June 19, 1865, marked the effective end of slavery throughout the defeated Confederacy.

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