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Juneteenth – Here Yesterday, Gone Today, but What Did It Mean?
Juneteenth; that is, June 19th, has been a nationally-recognized holiday since 2021, yet it seems unclear to some individuals in our...
Jun 21, 20232 min read
As Some Seek to Conceal the History of Slavery, What to the White Man is June 19th?
Just for the Record It was in the Dred Scott Decision issued on March 6, 1857, that Chief Justice Roger Taney of the U. S. Supreme Court...
Jun 21, 20233 min read
ROC Juneteenth Run/Walk Celebrates Local Leaders and an Historic Proclamation
This year, the seventh annual Roc Juneteenth 5K Run/Walk celebrates the 160-year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863,...
Jun 15, 20232 min read
The Rochester Juneteenth Festival Will be “Bigger and Better” This Year
The Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission announced their plans, Tuesday, for this year’s Juneteenth festival, “celebrating...
Apr 21, 20232 min read
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