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Detroit ended its week-long celebration of Juneteenth with a rally at the city’s Spirit Plaza on Friday.Juneteenth—June 19—commemorates the day in 1865…
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Black Michiganders have been celebrating Emancipation Day in some form since the 1863 proclamation. Here's just a brief glimpse at that history, and how Juneteenth is celebrated today.
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On this Juneteenth, NPR is marking the day in 1865 when Union forces arrived in Texas with the news that slavery had been abolished two years earlier with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Movie theater company Emagine Entertainment has backed off its plan to reopen a suburban Detroit movie theater on Friday after company chairman Paul…
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The Emagine Royal Oak theater is planning to reopen on Friday for a weeklong Juneteenth film festival, even though the reopening would violate Governor…
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Like many artists and activists right now, artist and producer Nadir Omowale has been reflecting on and reacting to the protests against police brutality…
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Detroit is celebrating Juneteenth with a week-long series of events starting on Monday.Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19. It commemorates the day in…
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Residents and city officials in Grand Rapids came together Wednesday to celebrate Juneteenth.Dickinson Buffer Park in Grand Rapids was full of kids…