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Parking problems at this year's Juneteenth festival have led to accusations of racism and poor event planning. The big ...
Juneteenth celebrations in the City of Pittsburgh ended days ago, but the fallout continues. “Only when it seems like we have ...
B Marshall, organizer of the Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration, alleges a garage owner wrongly barred patrons from ...
Known as the WPA Juneteenth celebration, the local festivities include four days filled with events set to happen primarily in Pittsburgh at 601 Commonwealth Place, Market Square and Point State Park.
PITTSBURGH — This year's clash over old and new Pittsburgh Juneteenth events appears to be resolved. City Council gave final approval Wednesday morning to Mayor Ed Gainey's plan for a new city ...
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 ...
Juneteenth celebrations in the City of Pittsburgh ended days ago, but the fallout continues. On Wednesday alone, there have been claims of racism, misinformation and property destruction.
Juneteenth organizer and city knocking heads over this year's festival 03:00. Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating Black emancipation, but this year's festival in Pittsburgh is in doubt ...
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 ...
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 — The woman whose company was awarded more than $100,000 tax dollars to put on the city-sponsored Juneteenth celebration owes thousands of dollars in back taxes to Allegheny County ...
On Juneteenth I think about all the freedom fighters — famous and forgotten — who walked before us. And I think about all of us who walk now, still trying to finish what they began.