Juneteenth

After two years of virtual celebrations, Juneteenth Cincinnati is back in-person this year.

The ordinance goes up for a council vote next week and clearly has enough support to pass. Juneteenth marks June 19, the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people heard the news they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Voices of Freedom is presented by Juneteenth Cincinnati and the Kennedy Heights Arts Center. Local and national artists were commissioned to create works examining the Black experience in America based off the prompt to explore "the promise and reality of 'freedom' as experienced by those whose lives and destinies were touched by emancipation."

While many communities, organizations, politicians and the corporate world are beginning to embrace the Juneteenth holiday, Cincinnati's Juneteenth…

Juneteenth Cincinnati, Inc. is acknowledging the important role of water in enslavement and freedom through a weekend "Wade In The Water" event.…

Dance, art, literature, poetry, and of course, jazz are a few of the cultural achievements that defined the Harlem Renaissance. Juneteenth Cincinnati and…

Hamilton County could use up to $2 million of federal CARES Act funding for a marketing effort to support struggling hotels, cultural institutions,…

Hamilton County doesn't formally recognize Columbus Day with a paid holiday on the second Monday in October. However, some collective bargaining units and…

For the first time, a Juneteenth flag is flying at Cincinnati's City Hall. The red and blue flag with a white star recognizes the date the last slaves in…

Hamilton County commissioners are honoring Juneteenth with a proclamation and by recommitting "ourselves to defending the self-evident truth, boldly…