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  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved persons in the United States, will be observed in Murfreesboro with three events this year: Authors Night on June 16, Kaleidoscope on June 17, and the Juneteenth celebration on June 18. All three events will take place at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center and are free to attend. Vonchelle Stembridge with Murfreesboro Parks and Rec highlighted some of the early history at Bradley ...

MURFREESBORO– The inaugural Created Equal: TN Legacy Series film screening and discussion will feature the film Green Book, a 2018 biographical drama set in the 1960s, and the documentary Freedom Riders, which chronicled efforts to desegregate public accommodations throughout the South in the 1960s.In partnership with the MTSU Intercultural and Diversity Affairs Center and the Washington Family Foundation, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department will host the Black ...

Murfreesboro will be extending its usual Juneteenth celebration into a three-day event this year. Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed the people of Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln had freed enslaved people in rebel states two and a half years earlier through the Emancipation Proclamation. Although Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation of enslaved people, effective Jan. 1, 1863, slave owners were responsible for telling the enslaved they were free. Some ignored the order until Union troops arrived to enforce it, according to Cliff R...

The City of Orangeburg is kicking the summer off by reopening facilities like the spray park and registration for various summer camps.

Newark News & Story Collaborative The Newark News and Story Collaborative is committed to elevating community-driven storytelling to fill information gaps in local and national media. The Collaborative trains community members in storytelling, media-making, and other creative art forms to share and amplify their experiences. It’s laying the groundwork for a collaborative network that will address longstanding information inequities in Newark, New Jersey. For more information and hear local stories, you can visit www.newarkstories.com. Resident-reporters selected for training will also rece...