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Juneteenth Food Festival!

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Join Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, June 15, from 11 am – 8 pm for this vibrant celebration of Black food, culture and community with 40+ food vendors and artisans. We’ll also have performances, art-making projects, wellness activities and more!

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ABHM Presents: JUNETEENTH

Juneteenth at ABHM

Celebrate Juneteenth at America Black Holocaust Museum with a week of inspiring festivities from June 18th through the 22nd!

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ABHM Book Club: On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

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On Juneteenth book cover

We will be reading On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed and discussing it virtually on June 20th at 6 PM via Zoom. Annette Gordon-Reed’s ‘On Juneteenth’ brilliantly reimagines American history, intertwining personal narratives and historical facts to reveal the profound impact of Black Americans on the Lone Star State, culminating in the pivotal moment of June 19, 1865, and reminding us of the ongoing struggle for equality.

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Milwaukee’s World-Renowned Juneteenth Day Celebration

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Milwaukee Juneteenth 2024

Since 1971, Juneteenth in Milwaukee has grown larger each year and the community doesn’t hold anything back. Milwaukee’s celebration is one of the largest and oldest in the country. Enjoy several blocks of fun with over 170,000 participants. Celebrate with food, speakers, live music, and, of course, one of the largest Juneteenth parades in the country. 

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Juneteenth

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Juneteenth Explore Our Online Exhibits African Peoples Before Captivity Kidnapped: The Middle Passage Nearly Three Centuries Of Enslavement Reconstruction: A Brief Glimpse of Freedom One Hundred Years of Jim Crow…

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Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is gaining awareness

Since President Biden proclaimed it a holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become increasingly more recognized. However, many Americans are still uneducated about its significance.

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ABHM Celebrates Juneteenth: A Week Of Events Honoring Family & Community

This Juneteenth, ABHM invites you to join us throughout the week to celebrate freedom, family, art, culture, and community. All of the week’s events and admission to the museum will be free and open to the public thanks to a generous donation from Herb Kohl Philanthropies.

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ABHM Celebrates Juneteenth: A Week of Events Honoring Family & Community

ABHM Celebrates Juneteenth

This Juneteenth, ABHM invites you to join us throughout the week to celebrate freedom, family, art, culture, and community. All of the week’s events and admission to the museum will be free and open to the public thanks to a generous donation from Herb Kohl Philanthropies.

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I Am Juneteenth! Milwaukee’s World-Renowned Juneteenth Day Celebration

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I Am Juneteenth, Milwaukee's Juneteenth Celebration 2023

Since 1971, Juneteenth in Milwaukee has grown larger each year and the community doesn’t hold anything back. Milwaukee’s celebration is one of the largest and oldest in the country. Enjoy several blocks of fun with over 170,000 participants. Celebrate with food, speakers, live music, and, of course, one of the largest Juneteenth parades in the country. 

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What does it mean to celebrate Juneteenth?

Companies have wasted no time commercializing Juneteenth now that it is a federal holiday, but doing so overlooks the meaning behind the day.

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