President Joe Biden will sign legislation into law on Thursday that officially makes Juneteenth a federal holiday -- the first new national holiday since 1983.

Juneteenth, which takes place June 19 each year, is the name for the date in 1865 when Union soldiers freed the remaining slaves in Texas, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation.

New bill to make Juneteenth federal holiday

Here's what is happening for Juneteenth around Ann Arbor.

It's been a decades long effort to save an important piece of local history and pay tribute to the family that once called it home.

The Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance is kicking off Juneteenth with a business crawl unlike any other.

Most of us are aware of Juneteenth, in that it exists, but there is so much history to know about the celebration.

It’s an occasion that’s recognized in most states and the District of Columbia, but it’s not as of yet a federal holiday.

Several city of Ann Arbor municipal offices at Larcom City Hall will be closed Friday to observe the Juneteenth holiday.

Juneteenth marks freedom, a second and final liberation for African Americans in the United States. It’s also an opportunity to focus on parts of the nation’s history that often go untold.

Juneteenth is being recognized all over the nation, but there are still plenty of questions about how to observe the events surround June 19, 1865.

The first mural stretches across South Washington Street between Ferris Street and Michigan Avenue. The second is at the Riverside Park entry driveway off of Cross Street.

Did you realize that Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States?

In various places around the nation, there is a reckoning and a recognition of the importance of acknowledging and celebrating the freeing of slaves and many have latched onto Juneteenth, a holiday started and celebrated, largely in Texas after a group of slaves discovered they’d been freed many years prior.

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Muralist Dr. Hubert Massey will be joining high school students on Juneteenth for the first annual repainting of the “Power to the People” street mural in Detroit.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved of a budget amendment committing the annual marijuana tax revenue, expected to be more than $200,000, to the equity issues in the county.