Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the day the last slaves in the U.S. were told in Galveston that they were free. Some of these freed slaves went on to form...
The Dallas Morning NewsElm Thicket resident Jonathan Maples poses for a portrait on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 by his residence at Elm Thicket neighborhood in Dallas.that reduces the size limits for new homes built. Maples said this was a victory for the neighborhood.
Elm Thicket is celebrating Juneteenth with a freedom day parade 10 a.m. Saturday at the K.B. Polk Recreation Center, and a musical 6 p.m. Sunday at Bethany Missionary Baptist Church.Joppa — also called Joppee, Joppie and Jaffee — was founded in 1870 by former slaves and named after the biblical seaport, according toin 1993 that Henry Critz Hines,sent to the Miller plantation from Missouri, refused to go back after emancipation.
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