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One big family reunion is how organizers hope this Saturday is going to feel like at the “We’re Still Here” citywide photoshoot to showcase Austin’s Black community.
The Black Fund, a collaboration between the city and the Austin Community Foundation, will invest more than $1 million in Black organizations over the next three years.
Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas found out they were free — 2 1/2 after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The federal Juneteenth holiday will be recognized on Monday.
Almost 200 years later, Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in Texas