Montgomery Church Hosts Black Wall Street Expo in Juneteenth Celebration
Organizers said the expo was designed not only to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday, but also to support Black-owned businesses.
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Equal Justice Initiative remembers Juneteenth and plans for big musical event in October
The Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative commemorated Juneteenth with a choir concert.
Juneteenth celebrated at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery
Patients and staff at Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital were able to participate in Juneteenth without even having to leave the hospital grounds.
Juneteenth honored as official Alabama state holiday
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth celebrated at Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery
Juneteenth was celebrated at the Rosa Parks Museum in downtown Montgomery.
Life Changing Community Outreach to host Largest Greenville Juneteenth Celebration
Greenville is gearing up for its largest Juneteenth celebration to date.
Alabama lawmakers vote to make Juneteenth an official state holiday
Alabama lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that will make Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War, an official state holiday.
National Monument to Freedom dedicated in Montgomery
The Equal Justice Initiative celebrated Juneteenth by dedicating the National Monument to Freedom in EJI’s new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery.
June 19 marks Juneteenth federal holiday
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities.
Gov. Kay Ivey again declares Juneteenth as a state holiday
Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. — as a state holiday, while legislative efforts to make it a permanent holiday in the state have so far faltered.
