New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery, but Black settlements helped the enslaved find freedom long before ...

This year marks the fourth year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while Juneteenth technically combines the words June and nineteenth, the state of New ...

Does the mail run on Juneteenth 2025? Are banks open? Is the stock market open? Is the MVC open? What is NJ Transit's ...

Juneteenth is still a recognized federal and state holiday in New Jersey and some states across the country. Even though the ...

"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

Juneteenth commemorates delayed freedom. New Jersey built wealth on Black backs; it can now build a future on Black flourishing.

MINEOLA, New York (WABC) -- Democratic legislators in Nassau County have created a bill that would require the ...

The New Jersey Reparations Council's long-awaited report, being presented at NJPAC on June 19, is the result of two years of work.

Despite the uphill battle to pass federal reparations bills for African Americans, some lawmakers continue to reintroduce the ...

Timbuctoo, New Jersey, was founded by formerly enslaved people nearly 200 years ago—long before June 19, 1865. But ...