Juneteenth Community Celebration
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About Juneteenth
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas bringing the news the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free. This was two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Select images provided by Mark Busch/Shaw Media and Suzanne Tennant/Northern Illinois University
2023 Sponsors
We send a big thank you to our 2023 sponsors:
Project H.O.P.E.
Mortenson
The Rock Christian Church
NIU Center for Black Studies
Kishwaukee College
DeKalb Community Gardens
M6:8
DeKalb County Illinois Democratic Party
Bill Nicklas