Tampa's Juneteenth 5K Brings Community Together to Fight Diabetes, One Step at a Time

Juneteenth takes center stage

ASHLAND Freedom was celebrated with music and dance Saturday on Broadway Square.

Tampa's Juneteenth 5K brings community together to fight diabetes, one step at a time

Hundreds gathered at Rowlett Park Sunday for the 2nd annual celebration that turned fitness into freedom and transformed sneakers into soul-stirring medicine.

East West Classic Embraces History on Juneteenth

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hall of Fame Inductee CC Sabathia headlined the event and was the winning pitcher for the West Team, as they beat the East Team 3-0 in the scheduled five inning game. Prince Fielder won the home run derby outlasting former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones. There was a three-hour rain delay before the teams took the field at Rickwood.

Fourth annual West Broadway Block Party celebration for Juneteenth

The community of West Broadway in Minneapolis celebrated Juneteenth with their annual block party stretching from Lyndale to Emerson Avenues North.  Only a mile and a half from where the University of Minnesota Juneteenth Celebration once was, the block party took place. Four blocks were closed off for the annual Juneteenth block party. The University of Minnesota was supposed to host its fourth annual Juneteenth celebration, which in the past f…

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Fourth annual Juneteenth celebration brings resources, information to community - Finnoexpert

To Kathy Brooks, president of the Frederick County alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the essence of Juneteenth is information. The holiday honors the last group of enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy to learn of their freedom. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, which was effective Jan. 1, 1863; but word did not arrive in Galveston, Texas until June 19, 1865. “The whole id…