City Council challengers make Juneteenth campaign stops
Dancers with the Memphis Explosive Jagettes compete in the Ultimate Dance Showdown during the annual Juneteenth celebration at Robert R. Church Park on June 15, 2019. Memphis City Council contenders made stops at Juneteenth gatherings around the city Saturday to connect with potential voters. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
With several Juneteenth observances in different part of the city Saturday, candidates in the October Memphis elections were moving among them and other events on their summer political calendars.
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