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Community Conversations on Race – Sonoma County MLK Juneteenth Celebration
- June 2, 2022
Community Conversations on Race Sonoma County MLK Juneteenth Celebration
Host Michelle Marques talks with Nancy Rogers, Evette Minor, and Celeste Austin about the 52nd Annual Sonoma County MLK Juneteenth Community Festival, coming up on Saturday, June 18th at Martin Luther King Park from 10am to 6pm. Juneteeth is now a federally recognized holiday, and Sonoma County’s observation has been going strong for over half a decade.
What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news
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