Juneteenth celebration runs this week at Dix Park in Raleigh
FEATURES.
JUNETEENTH OR FREEDOM DAY IS AN
AMERICAN HOLIDAY THAT
COMMEMORATES JUNE 19TH 18.
65 ON THAT DAY. 2 AND A HALF
YEARS AFTER THE EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION ENSLAVED BLACK
AMERICANS IN TEXAS LEARNED THEY
WERE FREE. NOW FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
MANY CITIES ACROSS THE NATION
SET ASIDE TIME TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CELEBRATE
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK
AMERICANS. JOINING US HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL CITY
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION OR LINES
CURATOR OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA
MUSEUM OF HISTORY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR COMING IN. YOU WALK
INTO A BUSY BUSY WEEK, BUT WHAT
IS AT THE CORE OF THIS
COMMEMORATION WHILE THE COURT
JUNE TAKING SOME LOSS FOR THE
FALL AND I'M NOT SELL.
>> AND THIS WIN COINED AS WHEN
THE LAST FORMERLY ENSLAVED
PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT FREEDOM.
AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR
IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE THAT THE
CIVIL WAR ENDED HERE AND NORTH
CAROLINA AND WAS NOW DURHAM
COUNTY. AND SO FREEDOM WAS
BEING REALIZE AND WIN THE WAR
AND WENT TEAM COMES OUT.
THE WAR IS OVER. SO TO SPREAD
THE NEWS OF A MASS QUESTION.
PROCLAMATION IS ONE THING, BUT
IT'S ALSO A LOT OF NORTH
CAROLINIANS WHO ARE INVOLVED
WITH THAT TAKING THAT ITS
FREEDOM EXPERIENCE FROM NORTH
CAROLINA OUT TO TEXAS, BUT ALSO
POLITICALLY WHAT HE'S DOING,
HE'S ACCOMPLISHED IN THE
RATIFICATION OF THE 13TH
AMENDMENT OUTLAWING SLAVERY,
WHICH ACCOMPLISHES FREEDOM FOR
ALL AMERICANS. I KNOW YOU HAVE
A LOT OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR ITS
A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT WILL BE
LOTS OF FOOD AND FUN OUT THERE.
THAT'S A KICKING OFF TOMORROW.
YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME ABOUT
THE FOOTPRINT IT CITYWIDE.
ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. THANK
YOU. THIS IS THE 4TH YEAR OF
THE ANNUAL CAPITAL CITY
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WITH THE
OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH FOR THE
>> CITY OF RALEIGH. AND AS
SAYING FOOTPRINT OF ACTIVITIES
ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA,
PARTICULARLY WHICH BEGINS AT
THE NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH A
REFILL AND DEDICATION AT
10:00AM TOMORROW TO SOME UNITED
STATES COLORED TROOPS WHO WERE
PART OF JUNE 10:00PM RALLY IN
APRIL OF 18. 65 AND FROM APRIL,
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR,
THERE WERE UNITED STATES
COLORED TROOPS WHO WAS
SPREADING THE NEWS OF A MASSIVE
PATIENT AND FREEDOM HERE IN
THE CAPITAL CITY, LITERALLY
COMING IN FROM GOLDSBORO, NORTH
CAROLINA, CERTAINLY A
MEANINGFUL START GETTING THINGS
KICKED OFF. AND YOU ALSO HAVE
A COMPREHENSIVE KNOW BEFORE
YOU GO SECTION ONLINE, THAT
INCLUDES A MAP.
>> WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE GOING
THERE WITH A LOT TO BRING WHERE
THEY ARE NOT TO BRING? WELL,
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS.
THE THE DIX PARK EVENT AS 12 TO
6 ON SATURDAY IS THE MAIN EVENT
ON CAPITOL HILL, THE
>> BUT LEADING UP TO IT ON
THURSDAY. WE HAVE OF FINDING
OUR ROOTS GENEALOGY CONFERENCE
AT THE ST HALL. UNIVERSITY THE
SOUTH'S OLDEST HBCU AND THEN
FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WE
HAVE A KEY SEARCHING FOR
FREEDOM ABOUT WHERE SOLD OUT
MISTER STEDMAN GRAHAM. BUT THE
FILM ITSELF AND EMMY-NOMINATED
PBS FILM SEARCHING FOR FREEDOM.
GEORGE H Y THE LAST BLACK
CONGRESSMAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
WHO'S FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND
WITH THAT OF THE SATURDAY EVENT
IS THE MAIN EVENT. AND THEN
SUNDAY AND WITH A COMMEMORATION
HISTORY SERVICE AS HISTORIC
SAINT PAUL AND THE CHURCH,
WHICH IS THE CATALYST FOR THE
EVENT. AND THAT'S THE SITE OF
THE FIRST FRIEDMAN'S CONVENTION
IN AMERICA IN 18. 65 THAT TOOK
PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. BIG
HAPPENINGS ON THE MAIN STAGE
THERE. HARVEY HILL AT DIX PARK.
>> SATURDAY, NOON IS THE TIME.
SO PLEASE RSVP ON FACEBOOK TO
HELP ORGANIZERS PLAN FOR THE
NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE TO
COME OUT TO KEEP YOU INFORMED
OF ANY UPDATES AND WEATHER
ALERTS AS WELL. AND AMERICAN
SMITH AND LENA TILLETT WILL
SERVE AS EMCEES OF THIS WRAL'S.
A PROUD COMMUNITY SPONSOR OF
THIS EVENT. THEIR LIVES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
AND I THINK KEN SMITH IS OUT OF
FOOD, OFFICIAL FOOD WE KNOW
I THINK SO. HE'LL BE HE'LL
EXCEL IN THAT ROLE. VERY GOOD