By Charlotte Graham, countyreporter@laurelleadercall.com Laurel Leader-Call Paula McDonald-Carmichael, president and founder of the newly-organized Jasper County Juneteenth Coalition, said “We had a wonderful time Friday night. It was a great success. By Jessica Sinclair on June 19th, 2011 Former state representative Al Edwards gives the closing comments during the 32nd Annual Honorable Al Edwards Juneteenth [...]
June 19th, 2011 | Posted in Juneteenth | No Comments
They were at this year's Juneteenth celebration, commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union troops marched into Galveston, Texas to tell the slaves they were free. President Abraham Lincoln had actually issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, The Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Buffalo's east side was filled with sights and sounds of African American [...]
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The "19th of June," or "Juneteenth" as many call it, has been celebrated ever since in Texas, and a movement to observe this "Freedom Day" in cities all over the country is growing. While some have mistakenly argued that a delayed Emancipation Day Juneteenth. This is a repeat. Unlike other repeats, which came on days [...]
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Juneteenth in New Orleans. June 17, 2011. by Fred Klonsky. We are off for a long weekend on New Orleans. It is mid-June so it is no surprise that it is warm and steamy. But that hasn't kept us from enjoying the city that they almost let By Rich Freedman / Times-Herald Askari Sowonde has [...]
June 17th, 2011 | Posted in Juneteenth | No Comments