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At 8 p.m. Friday, June 20, through Monday, June 23, at Marigny Opera House. Tickets $31.37-$78.33 (including fees) via eventbrite.com. Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the day when ...
NEW ORLEANS — Juneteenth is our nation’s holiday that celebrates when all citizens were free.Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates when the enslaved in Galveston, Texas were freed ...
NEW ORLEANS — There are several events in New Orleans for people to celebrate Juneteenth. On the New Orleans Lakefront, a celebration is being hosted by attorney Juan Lafonta that is free and ...
NEW ORLEANS — There are plenty of events popping up on Thursday, June 19th, to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday – the day all Americans were made truly free.
The New Orleans Museum of Art will host a special Juneteenth performance by the Nu Nation Choir, a youth-led gospel group founded to inspire unity and healing through music. The event takes place in ...
Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday in 2021, but its origins date back over 160 years. On June 19th, 1865, 2,000 Union Troops marched into Galveston, Texas, declaring the news of freedom for ...
Happy Juneteenth to all who celebrate, which god damn well should be all of us, damn it. Sing it, Mr. Hurt. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight ...
Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling ... Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans ...
Listen to live music and poetry, learning about Black history and support Black culture in celebration of Juneteenth in County ...