Juneteenth: Our History, Our Future (FULL)
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Published 2021-06-19
The City of Oak Park will celebrate Juneteenth with a special video featuring local dignitaries and historical figures. The debut will be available to stream at midnight and will air at 1 and 7 pm June 19. We encourage you all to take a moment to watch the video and share your reflections as we commemorate the end of slavery in the US.
The video will be available on our social media sites, our YouTube page and OPTV15.
This celebration is brought to you by the Juneteenth Ad Hoc Committee.
www.oakparkmi.gov
All Comments (5)
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Great presentation!
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The Booker T Washington speech was my favorite part 🔥🔥🔥
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Awesome video!
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It is sad that June 19th is being assumed and inferred that slavery was ended in the United States when it wasn't. It ended in parts of Texas such as Galvinston. I'm happy that this was mentioned in this video as well as the concentration camps that were used to restrict their movements and foster their demise with disease and starvation. My question is, why is this being celebrated instead reflected upon. The cruelty and immorality that was imposed upon a group of people still is nothing to celebrate but to be reflected upon. To act like this date is so significant to many that it should be celebrated is another way to promote falasy instead of history. A reflection, yes, a celebration no. Many of the past who celebrated June 19th didn't know of the attroricities that were committed against those who were freed and sent to concentration camps such as the devils punch bowl where many if not all of them were killed.
