Celebrate Juneteenth in Las Cruces with these community events
Juneteenth is Monday and Las Cruces organizations have plans to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.
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Juneteenth is Monday and Las Cruces organizations have plans to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.
Here's what a Redding community group has planned for its Juneteenth celebration and what this 260-year-old independence holiday means.
On June 19, 1865, the last United States enslaved people were freed. Even though President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Decree in January 1863, thousands of enslaved Black men and women in Texas were not granted liberation until federal forces arrived in the state to enforce the order on June 19, 1865. After the approval of the Thirteenth Amendment in December of that year, slavery ...
Juneteenth takes place on Monday, June 19. With the holiday fast approaching, we wanted to hear from community members about what Juneteenth means to them,...
Blythe’s SWAG (Southside Women & Men Achieving Goals) organization is getting the word out to folks and inviting the community to upcoming “Still We Rise” Juneteenth commemoration days June 17