This previous SUNDAy marked an essential day for Texas, as Juneteenth, the longtime statewide celebration of enslaved individuals recognizing their freedom on June 19, 1865, greater than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, was loved for the second time as a federal vacation. This 12 months was further particular in Houston, as Emancipation Park additionally celebrated its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Festivities unfold all through town, together with the Black Is Main Juneteenth Competition at POST Houston.
Curated by Houston Poet Laureate Outspoken Bean and former radio persona Samantha Blair, the all-day occasion was a jubilee of Black heritage, that includes a Black-owned market, cultural performances, artwork, lectures, and meals. Houstonians dressed of their greatest git up, and marveled in slabs, stay music, artwork, and meals.
