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The celebration honors June 19, 1865, when federal troops brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was finally recognized as a federal holiday in 2021.
Fat Joe & Friends To Take Over HOT 97 & WBLS on Jan. 22 & Raise Funds for Families Impacted By Deadly Bronx Apartment Fire
Fat Joe & Friends To Take Over HOT97 & WBLS on Jan. 22 to Raise Funds for Families Impacted by Bronx Apartment Fire
Fat Joe & Friends To Take Over HOT 97 & WBLS on Jan. 22 & Raise Funds for Families Impacted By Deadly Bronx Apartment Fire
Blige caught the attention of former Uptown Records artist Jeff Redd with a recording she made of herself singing Anita Baker’s ballad “Caught Up in the Rapture” at the Galleria Mall in White Plains "I was afraid for him because he was this very wealthy man that was in this neighborhood that was terrible," Blige said in the documentary, recalling when Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell came to Schlobohm to hear her sing. Blige recalled the urgency she felt to get her family out of public housing. "I didn't even know what I was doing because I was in survival mode," Blige said. "I ...