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

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Source: David Espejo / Getty If you spend enough time around me, you’ll hear me proudly say I was born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska. To be Black in a place like Omaha is to wrestle for your identity. To craft your Blackness with care. You build it from scratch, from what’s handed down and what’s taken back.  For me, that journey wasn’t limited to my Blackness. It was the same when it came to queerness and to my identity as a Black trans w…

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.