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Tag: Juneteenth
Oakland Juneteenth Celebration Ends in Dramatic Capturing Caught on Video
Play video content material Instagram/@28madi_ An Oakland Juneteenth celebration led to tragedy when a number of folks obtained…
A Sculptor Takes His Craft to the Skies
GREENWOOD, Miss. — On Saturday night, June 18, the Memphis-based artist Desmond Lewis was in a public park…
What Is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War, has…
Juneteenth Is a U.S. Holiday, but Not a Day Off In Most States
The proclamations issued across the country are “just largely symbolic,” said Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African…
National Juneteenth Museum Takes Shape in Fort Worth
In 2016, at 89, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to help…
Building a Juneteenth Menu for the 21st Century, One Recipe at a Time
African Americans crave locally harvested, coast-to-coast, U.S.D.A. Prime liberty, in all its bitter sweetness.On June 19, 1865, more…