Juneteenth explained: What is it and how should it be celebrated?
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.Related content:
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June 2024
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Here’s what is closed for Juneteenth
Here’s a look at closings for Juneteenth as well as local events being held for the holiday.
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‘Something for everybody’ at the Tone Juneteenth Festival
Horseback rides and the chance to hear live music were some of the ways attendees enjoyed themselves during the Tone Juneteenth Festival.
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Juneteenth Festival celebrates freedom
The Juneteenth Festival at Health Sciences Park June 15 brought the community together for a fun run, education, a car show and more.
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Spades tournament, gala, music festival return for Tone Juneteenth
Tone’s “largest event of the year” will return for the fourth consecutive year.
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Memphis hosts a variety of Juneteenth celebrations
One event, Tone’s music festival, features Memphis rap legend Juicy J and Memphis producer HitKidd.
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Gala celebrates Juneteenth in style
With eyes on the future while nodding to the past, the Black arts organization Tone gets glamorous before Sunday’s ‘Family Reunion’ in Orange Mound.
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June 2023
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Memphis celebrates community, culture and businesses at Juneteenth festival
More than 100 vendors were stationed at Health Sciences Park in the Medical District as Memphians took part in the City of Memphis’ Juneteenth fest.
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Juneteenth roots run deep in Douglass neighborhood
“Douglass is exactly 40 acres and was given to a freed slave by his former slaveowner and that family still lives in Douglass,” said organizer Kathy Yancy-Temple. “My family were freed from this very land, and we have families that go back six, seven, even eight generations here.
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MLGW disables outage texts as thousands still without power
MLGW customers received a text Sunday that said, “due to the number of outages, outage-update texts are disabled.”
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The To-Do List: Black Pride, Puppy Pride and Juneteenth weekend
This week, cult classic “Halloween III” is set to music, the Memphis Botanic Garden celebrates 70 years and Zora Neale Hurston’s life story takes center stage.
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Memphis will celebrate Juneteenth with a variety of events
Memphis Juneteenth events include concerts, a poetry slam, cultural conversations, a bike ride, a run, a “B.A.P.S.”-themed black tie gala, chamber music and a festival featuring Project Pat.
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June 2022
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Juneteenth Shop Black Festival returns in person
The festival at the Pipkin Building celebrates Black-owned businesses.
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Douglass’ Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival kicks off
Juneteenth Douglass Freedom & Heritage Festival kicked off Friday in Douglass Park with yoga, face painting, book giveaways, a petting zoo and more.
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The To-Do List: It’s a balloon! It’s a plane! It’s Nicolas Cage against the world!
This week, Juneteenth celebrations are planned across the city, ’90s alt-rockers Collective Soul and Everclear will play (but not together) and an “ooky” musical opens at The Harrell Performing Arts Theatre.
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Campaign aims to build diverse medical database that includes ‘All of Us’
The research mobile exhibit, led by the National Institutes of Health, stops in Memphis this week.
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Here’s how Memphis organizations are celebrating Juneteenth
A variety of events will celebrate Juneteenth in Memphis, many returning to live events this year for the first time since the pandemic began.
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May 2022
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High school expansion in Whitehaven approved
In other City Council actions Tuesday, Juneteenth was added as a paid holiday for city employees and the Soulsville TIF District was up for a vote.
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Douglass Juneteenth art auction postponed
Douglass’ Juneteenth art auction has been postponed due to COVID-19. However, the festival is still set for Father’s Day weekend.
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Douglass Juneteenth festival showcases local artists
An art contest is one of the highlights of The Juneteenth Freedom & Heritage Festival in the Douglass neighborhood. This year’s theme is United States Colored Troops, honoring Black men who served in the military during the Civil War.
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February 2022
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Juneteenth won’t be a state holiday — for now — after bill stalls in General Assembly
The bill would have upgraded June 19 from a day of special observance to an official state holiday, giving state government workers the day off.
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January 2022
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‘I want my books to show children ... their voices do matter’
Shelby County Schools library media specialist Alice Faye Duncan examines two critical points in both Tennessee and American history in her newest books “Evicted,” and “Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free.”
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June 2021
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Juneteenth festivities celebrate and reflect on progress
Hundreds gathered at Health Sciences Park for the second day of the weekend-long celebration. Juneteenth events were also scheduled at Fourth Bluff Park, Orange Mound Tower and LeMoyne-Owen College.
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Juneteenth celebrated throughout holiday weekend
Juneteenth celebration this weekend moves from Robert R. Church Park to Health Sciences Park only days after remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest are removed.
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May 2021
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Letter to the Editor: Moving Juneteenth from Church Park dishonors a Black hero
“Redemption” cannot be obtained by moving the Juneteenth celebration from Church Park to Health Science Park.
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