Brooklyn’s Juneteenth Celebration Overflowed With Black Joy & Community

Brooklyn’s Juneteenth Celebration Overflowed With Black Joy & Community

At this year’s Juneteenth celebration in Brooklyn, Black joy wasn’t optional. It was intentional, collective and exactly what our spirits needed.

Juneteenth Is Black Joy: 7 Black Women On What Liberation Looks Like Now

Source: Courtesy of Featured / Courtesy of Featured As the nation pauses to honor Juneteenth—the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation—Black Americans continue to infuse the day with meaning, reflection, and joy. It’s more than a commemoration. It’s a celebration of culture, a resistance against erasure, and a radical assertion of free…

Joy, Justice & Juneteenth: Black Voices on Freedom and Celebration

Source: Courtesy of Featured / Courtesy of Featured As the nation pauses to honor Juneteenth—the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation—Black Americans continue to infuse the day with meaning, reflection, and joy. It’s more than a commemoration. It’s a celebration of culture, a resistance against erasure, and a radical assertion of free…

Confetti's Cozy Corner: Black American games industry trailblazers who inspire me! - Gayming Magazine

To celebrate Juneteenth, Milady Confetti shares some of the Black American trailblazers within the games industry who inspire her.