Families enjoy Juneteenth celebrations in Raleigh
FOR THE DEAL TO SELL AT THIS
POINT IS NOW
MID SEPTEMBER.
>> CELEBRATIONS OF FREEDOM ARE
TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW FROM
COAST TO COAST AND IN THE
TRIANGLE IN OBSERVANCE OF
JUNETEENTH. TODAY'S A FEDERAL
HOLIDAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE
END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED
STATES. WRAL'S FLYNN. SNYDER IS
JOINING US LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
RALLY AT MOORE SQUARE. EVENTS
HAVE BEEN HAPPENING THERE ALL
DAY LONG. IT'S OBVIOUSLY HOT,
BUT IT'S NOT STOPPING THE JOY
OUT THERE PLAYING.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. PEOPLE
OF ALL AGES HAVE COME HERE TO
MOORE SQUARE TO SUPPORT THE
LOCAL BLACK OWNED VENDORS AND
FOOD TRUCKS THAT HAVE BEEN SET
UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY LIKE THIS
JEWELRY STAND. SHEER VISITORS
TELLING ME THAT WITH THE
CANCELLATION OF LAST WEEKEND'S
CAPITAL CITY JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATION. AND AMID A TENSE
POLITICAL CLIMATE WAS IMPORTANT
THAT THEY TAKE PART IN TODAY'S
EVENT
>> EVEN AS THE MERCURY ROSE,
THOSE AT MOORE SQUARE IS
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. WE'RE
MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HIGHLIGHT FREEDOM CULTURE AND
COMMUNITY. THAT'S A PART OF
OUR HISTORY THAT WE CAN'T
FORGET.
WEATHER HAS ALREADY IMPACTED
LOCAL COMMEMORATIONS, BUT THE
CANCELLATION OF LAST WEEKEND'S
CAPITAL CITY JUNETEENTH
CELEBRATION FOR MOM. BRITTANY
MORE. THE EVENT IN MOORE SQUARE
WAS A CHANCE FOR CRUDE ON TO
HAVE A HISTORY LESSON OUTSIDE
OF THE CLASSROOM. AND I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
CONTINUED. SHE PUSHED THAT THE
THIS COUNTRY NOW IS CELEBRATING
A OF THOSE LOOKING TO BEAT THE
HEAT, MORE SQUARE PARTNERED
WITH MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM WHERE
THE CITY'S YOUNGEST RESIDENTS
HAD CULTURAL STORY. TIME MUSIC
ART.
>> IN THIS HANDS-ON COOKING
DEMO JUNETEENTH IS STILL A
GREAT, BIG CELEBRATION.
>> AND THOUGH SOME OF THE
HISTORY MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
EXPLAIN TO CHILDREN, CHILDREN
DO UNDERSTAND, JOY, THEY
UNDERSTAND FIND THEY UNDERSTAND
PLAY THE CELEBRATIONS COME AMID
A TENSE
POLITICAL CLIMATE.
>> WHAT THE ROLLBACK OF
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
INITIATIVES AT BOTH THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LEVELS. MOORE SAYS
CELEBRATIONS LIKE THIS CAN HELP
COMBAT THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND
THE TOWN WHERE IT IS. A LOT OF
THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY
FROM PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME
ALSO IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE
ALL FIT INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES
AND THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW,
REPRESENTED AND CELEBRATED AS
WELL IS AN ACTION THAT.
>> SO THAT'S HERE IN MOORE
SQUARE LAST UNTIL ABOUT 7
O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. ONE OF
THE VENDORS TO JUST TELL ME,
THOUGH, THAT THEY'RE KEEPING AN
EYE TO THE SKIES FOR ANY
POTENTIAL, WHETHER THAT MIGHT
HAVE THEIR WAYS. IF YOU DO WANT
TO COME DOWN, DO SO SOONER
RATHER THAN LATER TO TAKE PART
IN THE EVENT TONIGHT, THE
INSIDER WRAL NEWS LIVE IN
RALEIGH ARE FLYNN. THANK YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE THAT HOT WEATHER
WAS GETTING TO ONE OF THE
>> ONE OF THE KIDS IN THE