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What does Juneteenth mean to the Northside? - NowKalamazoo

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Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the time when enslaved Black people in Galveston Bay, Texas, were finally informed they were free, two years after President Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. The first well-known celebrations were in Texas in 1866, commemorated by prayer, feasting, singing, gaming, and wearing news clothes to represent newfound freedom. Fast forward to 2021, when then-President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal h…
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nowkalamazoo.org broke the news on Friday, July 3, 2026.
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