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Juvenile charged with breaking window at Pleasantville church

PLEASANTVILLE — A boy was charged with criminal mischief for breaking a window at Mount Zion Baptist Church on June 2, police said Wednesday. ....

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Pleasantville church vandalized for second time this month

PLEASANTVILLE — A vandal broke five windows and two glass doors at Mount Zion Baptist Church on Monday morning, according to members of the church. ....

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Annette Gordon-Reed Explores the Tangled Meaning of Juneteenth


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In the historic Black neighborhood where I grew up in Dallas, a parade would roll off the lot of New Mount Zion Baptist Church on June 19, or the Saturday closest to it, and wend its way through a community where many of the streets were named for institutions and people central to Black history: Oberlin and Ebony. Bellafonte and Dandridge. Bunche and Campanella. Neighborhood celebrities entrepreneurs, student body presidents, and original homeowners, or “pioneers,” as we called them would ride like homecoming kings and queens atop convertibles.
When the Juneteenth parade made it to Willowdell Park, we’d have dinner on the grounds, featuring barbecue, sometimes a fish fry, and Big Red “soda water.” There would be three-on-three basketball tournaments under the pavilion and, in recent years, performances of African drumming and Indigenous dance in the field near the creek. Homegrown success stories, such as former Cowboys cornerback Eve ....

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