Juneteenth explained: What is it and how should it be celebrated?
Dezman Dorsey, 8, left, enjoys his time on a horse while at the Tone Juneteenth Festival at the Orange Mound Tower June 16. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Juneteenth has also been called Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Black Fourth of July and second Independence Day, among others. Here’s the history of the holiday.
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