Juneteenth

Today's Beautiful Music is the luminous artistry of Leontyne Price with Rust College Choir singing I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE.

As Juneteenth approaches, activists in Connecticut want to keep the impact of gun violence on the Black community at the center of attention.

James Lindsey Smith, a man enslaved in Virginia’s Northern Neck region on the Chesapeake Bay, made his way to freedom 184 years ago — and eventually to Norwich, Connecticut. Inspired by that journey and Smith’s determination, a group of men from the Castle Hill Church in Norwich attempted to retrace his steps back.

Connecticut’s recent job growth is low compared to other states. Juneteenth celebrations were held across our region over the weekend.

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a voting rights package Monday, saying New York stands against efforts to undermine national elections.

The inaugural class of eight high school students, who are residents of either Long Island, Brooklyn or Queens, were each awarded $10,000.

Juneteenth commemorates the day when the last Black enslaved people in Texas were freed in 1865.

Athletic Brewing opens a massive new facility in Milford.

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved people were finally freed in Texas, the last state in the nation to comply with the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln two years earlier.

The vote was nearly unanimous with only one lawmaker out of nearly 150 voting against.