The 55th annual festival offered music, food, and family-friendly activities while honoring the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Juneteenth holiday.

In Denver, for example, more than a dozen companies backed out of supporting the Juneteenth Music Festival, which is one of the city’s biggest celebrations of the holiday, according to Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, which puts on the event.

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Tuesday night's A Voice Within concert at Emancipation Park is based on a set of 12 poems penned by Mouton and scored by Thompson

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Communities across the Midlands are also set to celebrate Juneteenth with a variety of events. Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when the last of the Southern slaves in Texas learned of their freedom.

After its 2024 world premiere at the South By Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Texas, the project won Best Documentary at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival and was also the opening-night film at the New Orleans Film festival.

The event at the college’s Hermann Fine Arts Center featured food, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass reenactment speakers, and a traditional West African drumming performance.

Communities from Jersey City to Red Bank will host parades, festivals, and concerts between June 17-22, featuring both free and ticketed options for all ages.

Red ingredients not only add a splash of flavor and color to your holiday cookout drinks, but they also add a sense of ancestral pride.