Omaha to Celebrate Juneteenth with New Energy After Electing First Black Mayor

Omaha to celebrate Juneteenth with new energy after electing first Black mayor

Omaha just elected its first Black mayor, giving this year's Juneteenth celebrations new energy. The city wants to mark the occasion by being a model for unity during a time of divisiveness.

Omaha celebrates a historic Juneteenth parade with its first elected Black mayor - The Reader

Volunteers prepared the historic 24th Street in Omaha, Nebraska for this year’s Juneteenth parade. Frankie Jean Williams, the chair of the Omaha NAACP Juneteenth celebration committee, was most looking forward to seeing the city’s first elected Black mayor in the lineup. He started his term 10 days before the holiday. “It’s a sense of pride,” she said. “I was thinking about the lineup, and normally, we do state and then county and local official…