Black communities around the country celebrate the holiday with music, food, history lessons, inspirational speeches and many more activities.

Still, this special day in Black history is not recognized as a national holiday.

Despite advocates' efforts to mark the event as a national holiday, there has been little success.

A 93-year-old woman organized a petition last year hoping to see Juneteenth as a national holiday in 2020.

Here are some of the Juneteenth events happening around the country.