A 68-recipe virtual potluck to honor Juneteenth.
This Juneteenth probably won’t look the same as it has in the past. Expect to see fewer cookouts, outdoor music concerts, parades, and festivals. This year we have to improvise and find ways to honor our innate spirit of perseverance and celebrate the resilience our ancestors demonstrated in their plight to freedom.
Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated within the Black community to commemorate the end of enslavement of many of our ancestors. June 19, 1865 marks the release of the last 250,000+ slaves suppressed to remain in slavery almost two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.The traditions of this day of Independence are rooted in outdoor activities and gatherings centered around food, music, and communion.
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