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Juneteenth, a holiday comemmorating the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the United States, isn’t for two more weeks but Cincinnati’s celebration started Tuesday morning. ....
A Celebration of the Harlem Renaissance opens Feb. 27 with Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance: The Legacy Continues, an exhibit featuring works by 12 artists honoring the spirit of the era while also drawing connections and sparking conversations. With COVID-19 keeping people in their homes and limiting events, Juneteenth Cincinnati President Lydia Morgan says, We wanted to have something that was really sparkling and banging and showing the good life of African Americans in a time when there was a lot of bad things still going on. The Harlem Renaissance is considered a golden age in African American culture, running from the 1910s-1930s and centered in the New York neighborhood where many people settled after moving north to find a better life. Morgan wants all people, especially children, to see images from that time showing Black people in a positive light. ....