Pittsburgh's Juneteenth festivities kicked off in Mellon Park on Thursday. One hundred sixty years ago, enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free. It was more than two ...

Pittsburgh City Council funded multiple Juneteenth Festivals, including the Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration in mid-June and Sunday’s events. The latter event was the city of ...

PITTSBURGH — The longstanding Juneteenth celebration in Pittsburgh is a step closer to getting back city funding for this year. City Council gave preliminary approval Wednesday to providing ...

On Sunday, June 18, Pittsburgh Glass Center will be holding their Juneteenth Community Day from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The free event consists of demonstrations and artist lectures discussing ...

Pittsburgh’s main Juneteenth celebration runs June 17-19. It will feature live music by nationally touring acts in Point State Park, the annual Jubilee of Freeman parade, some 100 vendors and more.

Pittsburgh's first Juneteenth celebration kicked off in 2013, but only 35 people showed up.That's the recollection of organizer William Marshall."Maybe we had about 35 people altogether, ...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey talks to parade participants. The City of Pittsburgh held a Juneteenth-Voting Rights Parade on Saturday, June 18, 2022.

Day three of Pittsburgh's Juneteenth celebrations brought thousands to Downtown for the annual Grand Jubilee Parade. Now in its ninth year, the parade is organized by B. Marshall and has become a ...

PITTSBURGH — Juneteenth - known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day - celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day when the last slaves in the country were made aware of ...

11 Investigates has learned that the City of Pittsburgh is scaling back its Juneteenth celebration. It was just last year that the city pulled funding from a long-time promoter’s popular ...

PITTSBURGH — Juneteenth organizer William Marshall is calling for an investigation into the city’s Juneteenth RFP (Request for Proposal) process.