Juneteenth moving to park where Forrest statue once stood
The annual Juneteenth celebration is moving from Robert R. Church Park to Health Sciences Park, held on the grounds where Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue once stood.
Topic: Juneteenth
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April 2021
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July 2020
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Shelby County Commission Scorecard: Ending the Budget Season
The commission scorecard includes votes on a property tax hike, a Juneteenth holiday and a resolution recognizing racism as a pandemic.
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June 2020
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Juneteenth throng gathers at U of M, pledges power to equity
Administrators walked with students, and students walked with city residents in a show of peaceful force that ended with speeches and the crowd kneeling for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
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Founders of Brown Missionary Baptist, once enslaved, inspire descendants
As Juneteenth arrives, city prosecutor Errol Harmon traces his family’s history. His ancestors, formerly enslaved, founded Brown Missionary Baptist Church, one of the Memphis area’s largest and most prominent black churches.
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Listening, and learning how to be an antiracist
There is such a thing as white privilege, no matter the circumstances in which we were raised. My father was raised in dire poverty. And yet he was the first to admit that color never kept him back. He never feared for his life just for being white. He was never denied a bank loan. He was admitted to the University of Texas at a time when blacks were not allowed to enroll.
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Online expo celebrates black entrepreneurs in Memphis
On June 19, event planner Cynthia Daniels is hosting an online market for African American makers to sell their wares, crafts and services.
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June 2019
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City Council challengers make Juneteenth campaign stops
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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