Hello Neighbor June 8, Julia Pearce, Juneteenth Celebration Tybee Island
Julia Pearce
Coordinator for the Tybee MLK Human Rights Organization and Lead Organizer for the TybeeMLK Juneteenth Celebration on Tybee Island happening Saturday June 19 and Sunday June 20th on Tybee Island.
Featuring the Wade in on Nothbeach at 9:30 am AND EVENTS ON THE PIER ALL WEEKEND. Artist and Artisans will be featured such as Lillian Grant Baptiste and Patt Gunns work this the Saltwater Playas. There will also be an Art Exhibition "Things Left Behind" African Art Exhibit at the Tybee Guard House.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1848142265357967?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The name is a blended word marking the date on which freedom from slavery was announced by the Union Army in Texas, June 19, 1865.
President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect on January 1, 1863, but its enforcement depended on the advancement of Union troops. Texas was the most remote of the slave states, so even though the Civil War had officially ended on June 2, 1865, slaves did not know of their freedom until it was announced in Galveston on June 19.-two years after Emancipation
This set off joyous celebrations as former slaves were informed of their Emancipation from their former masters. The day became known as Jubilee Day.
On June 19, 2013, the Tybee MLK Human Rights Organization held a combined remembrance of both Juneteenth and the wade-in acts of civil disobedience which happened in 1960’s to protest Savannah beach segregation. Since 2013 this Juneteenth Wade-In has grown to become an annual event.
In the summer of 2020 the Tybee Island Mayor and Council passed a Resolution Promoting Justice and Equality in which June 19 was designated an official City holiday for perpetuity
https://www.facebook.com/TybeeMLK/events/?ref=page_internal
- 10:00pm Hello Neighbor-06-08-2021-Julia_Pearce_mixdown by on Single
Comments
5:49am, 8-18-2022
Reap the benefits of knowing your truck is always in good hands. Keep our number handy. mobiletruckrepairdetroit.com
You must be signed in to post comments.