“I love that people are becoming more aware of our history outside of the Black community,” said Kelli Patterson of the Juneau Black Awareness Association. “When you think about 1865, that was not that long ago.”
June 18, 2022Christina Michelle, her mother Sherry Patterson, and her sister-in-law Kelli Patterson are hosts of Culture Rich Conversations, a weekly radio program from the Juneau Black Awareness Association.
For the Juneau Black Awareness Association, it is a reminder that Juneteenth is a work in progress — a celebration that has been slow to be embraced, even among the Black community. “I had heard of the holiday. I knew it was in June, but I didn’t know why,” Patterson said. “It probably wasn’t until Joe Biden signed legislation making it a federal holiday that I really started looking into it.”Patterson also believes the social upheaval over the murder of George Floyd has sparked more interest in Juneteenth.
“Whether you’re Black, white, no matter your race, that’s the day America decided to do the right thing. And I think that’s a beautiful thing,” she said.
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