It was January 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation declaring the enslaved people in the United States free. But it was two years later on June 19th, 1865, before the enslaved living in Texas got the news. The first Juneteenth celebration was held one year later-June 19, 1866. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when President Biden signed it into law. WHRO celebrated with food, history, storytelling and fun. Storyteller Amy Johnson joined host Barbara Hamm Lee in the studio while Producer Lisa Godley was in the WHRO parking lot with food truck vendors and historian Dr. Derrick Lanois and Rel Dowell and Fatima Cortez-Todd with the Virginia Black Film Festival. The WHRO lot was packed with people enjoying a great day of celebration for Juneteenth and a live presentation of Another View. If you missed it, you can catch this and all Another View programs on-demand on the show's program page.
Juneteenth Celebrated on Another View
