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A
Juneteenth,
for
me
means
a
couple
things:
it
means
that
it
brings
back
childhood
memories
of
being
in
the
park
with
my
parents,
barbecuing
and
celebrating
with
a
whole
bunch
of
people
who
have
migrated
to
California
from
Texas
and
Mississippi
my
parents,
my
mother,
was
from
Galveston,
where
Juneteenth
originated
later
on
I
figured
out
that
it
was
for.
It
was
like
a
second
Independence
Day
for
us.
I
had
Juneteenth
and
I
had
the
4th
of
July.
A
It
was
like
being
doubly
blessed
and
later
as
an
adult
I
came
to
put
it
together,
that
it
matched
my
Tunis
as
an
African
and
African
American
I
got
Juneteenth
as
well
as
the
4th
of
July
to
celebrate
independence
and
freedom
and
I
figured
that
on
the
positive
side,
I
was
doubly
blessed
to
have
both
I'm,
independent
and
free
as
an
African
American.
Thank
you.
B
Want
to
take
this
time
to
wish
you
all
a
very
happy
Juneteenth
June
19th
has
always
been
a
day
that
my
family
and
friends
have
celebrated.
We
celebrate
Liberty,
we
celebrate
freedom.
We
also
celebrate
the
rich
culture
that
we
have
here
as
descendants
of
Africans
in
the
United
States.
So
on
this
weekend,
I
hope
you
take
the
time
to
celebrate
your
family
to
think
about
how
far
we've
come,
but
acknowledge
that
there's
much
much
much
more
work
to
be
done
here.
Happy
Juneteenth,
June,.
C
19Th
could
not
be
coming
at
a
more
fitting
time
and
for
me,
is
an
opportunity
to
reflect
on
our
history,
a
brave
black
women
and
men
who
suffered
under
slavery
and
fought
so
hard
for
our
freedoms
and
our
equity's
that
we
have
now
over
a
hundred.
Fifty
years
later,
we
are
still
struggling
with
issues
of
racism
and
injustice.
C
D
E
Far
as
a
Juneteenth
goes,
I
could
do
some
research
on
it.
I'm
not
really
aware
of
it.
Coming
up
elementary
school
through
middle
school
in
the
history
books,
history,
lessons
as
far
as
the
celebration
of
it
I
just
think
it
took
a
backseat
to
Independence
Day.
So
now,
with
the
movements
you
have
coming
up,
you
know
people
are
debating,
especially
with
the
black
lives
matter.
E
F
Wonder
why
it
was
never
celebrated,
at
least
when
I
was
growing
up
here
in
Asheville,
very
limited
celebrations,
and
my
grandmother
said
it
was
because
during
segregation
of
course,
a
lot
of
black
people
could
not
because
of
Jim
Crow
segregation
couldn't
use
public
facilities
like
a
park
or
anything
like
that.
So
it
was
kind
of
relegated,
community
shelter
on
small
parts
of
the
community
and
kind
of
sporadic.
F
So
it
couldn't
be
of
just
a
huge
big
public
celebration,
see
it
was
a
constant
was
so
much
oppression
and
a
lot
of
people
thought
we
didn't
have
anything
celebrate,
but
here
lately
before
the
pandemic,
of
course
there
were
public
celebrations.
So
that's
what
I
know
about
Juneteenth
in
Asheville
North
Carolina
as.
G
I
think
about
Jim
on
tape,
I
think
about
growing
up
in
elementary
junior
high
and
high
school
and
never
knew
about
Jim
T.
Now,
there's
nothing
that
we
were
taught
in
school.
I
did
not
know
about
it.
I
went
to
a
historically
black
college.
That's
when
I
started
to
it
start
to
being
resonated.
The
celebration
is
great,
but
we
never
celebrated
it
growing
up,
because
we,
we
didn't,
really
know
anything
about
it.
It
was
so
far
stretch
from
down
in
Texas.