Happy Juneteenth! Celebrations for the holiday are still happening all over the county today. Check where to celebrate!
“There are three pillars in that celebration. One is to educate the community about Juneteenth. Two is to feed the community, everybody can get a free plate and a little feel-good music and entertainment [third pillar],” Sidney Cooper of the Cooper Family Foundation said. The significance of the holiday was expressed by many local leaders at the celebration on the Plaza near the County Administration Building.
Juneteenth is a celebration of the end of slavery that takes place every year on June 19. Known by many names — including Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day and Black Independence Day — it became a federal holiday just last year. Here are four things to know about the holiday and its history. “My father was a proponent of this holiday Juneteenth, he would always tell us to celebrate Juneteenth like July 4th, it’s Black people's Independence Day and to celebrate and for us to recognize that as a city, as a county and a community is important for inclusion and us moving forward,” Cooper said.
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