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From YouTube: June 14, 2023 Minneapolis 360 - KMOJ 89.9 FM
Description
Topic: Juneteenth
Guest: Rose McGee
A
A
And
the
good
thing
about
it
is
so
many
activities
going
on
today
tomorrow
this
weekend,
I
just
encourage
folks.
If
you
can
get
out
and
you
can
be
able
to
participate,
bring
your
loved
ones
bring
your
family,
bring
your
kids
and
not
only
that
Kim
I
just
think
it's
important.
If,
if
you
can,
you
know
talk
about
Juneteenth
where
they
understand
and
understand
it
and
just
thinking
it's
just
a
day
off.
B
A
That's
right
right
that
100,
right
and
one
thing
about
it,
too,
is
just
like
ask
a
question
right:
ask
a
question:
don't
assume
so
right,
yeah
and
and
and
to
me
I
I
love
it
and
one
of
the
my
favorite
parts
of
the
show
not
the
show,
but
just
this
show
in
general
to
talk
about
Juneteenth
and
I
want
to
bring
on
somebody
who
is
an
elder
somebody
who's,
a
historian,
somebody
who
knows
the
ins
and
outs
of
what
Juneteenth
means
to
our
community.
She
has
been
a
long
time
respected.
A
B
C
C
A
A
hundred
percent
and
I'm
glad
you're
here
we'll
also
have
Miss
Jolene
Jackson
come
on
and
join
us
too,
but
Miss
McGee.
Just
just
tell
folks
who
and
and
most
of
the
Minneapolis
area
knows
you,
but
just
tell
people
who
you
are
and
and
kind
of
your
story
a
little
bit
because
I'd
love
to
I
love
the
foundational
pieces
that
you
bring
to
this
conversation.
C
C
Oh
good,
you
know.
Sadly,
it
grew
out
of
a
time
that
was
very
painful.
For
me,
I
was
watching
how
hopeless
the
faces
of
folks
were
looking
on
television
after
the
murder
of
young
Michael
Brown
in
Ferguson,
and
felt
compelled
to
do
something
because
we
just
finished
going
through
that
long
trial.
You
know
involving
the
murder
of
young
Trayvon,
Martin
and
I.
C
Just
felt
I
needed
to
do
something
this
time
and
truly
was
led
to
believe
to
take
sweet,
potato
pies
down
there
of
all
things
and
when
I
took
them
down
what
I
discovered
was
people
just
wanted
to
talk
and
they
wanted
to
share
how
respect
is
not
being
given
and
they
wanted
that
so
coming
back
home,
you
know
after
I
took
the
pies
down
and
shared
I
realized.
We
need
to
do
something
right
here.
C
At
home,
I
live
in
Golden
Valley
and
you
know:
Golden
Valley
is
right
on
the
on
the
edge
of
North
Minneapolis,
and
we
have
our
issues
right
here.
So
I
contacted
our
mayor,
Chef
Harris
at
the
time
and
said
what
can
we
do?
And
so
we
took
the
concept
of
sweet,
potato
Comfort
pie
and
we
began
to
make
it
a
community
thing
so
on
the
weekend
of
Martin
Luther
King
holiday,
which
is
another
holiday
that
took
a
lot
of
effort
to
get
to
become
noticed.
You
know
so
we
made
over
that
weekend.
C
A
C
Then
people
have
conversations
yeah
around
who
you'd
like
to
gift
a
pie
to
based
upon
your
your,
your,
your
caring
and
your
sharing
of
and
and
concern,
and
so
that's
how
those
90
pies
get
distributed
out
into
the
community.
But
we
didn't
just
stop
there.
We
we
make
those
pies
on
several
occasions
and
we
certainly
have
now
gotten
a
lot
of
national
and
even
International
recognition
for
it
and
it
you
know
we
don't
do
it
for
recognition,
but
we
just
appreciate
how
people
have
have
really
gravitated
towards
it.
A
And
and
fun,
Miss,
McGee
and
and
your
pie
is
one
of
my
favorite
pies
to
have
so
I
definitely
have
had
your
pie
and
I
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you
do
and
and
I'm
always
so
glad
to
have
you
on
the
show,
because
one
of
the
things
that
that
I
wanted
to
talk
about
too
is
obviously
you
know
talk
about
you,
but
also
just
the
legacy
of
our
people.
I
mean
we
are
a
proud
group
of
people
that
came
to
this
country
enslaved.
A
C
Yeah,
you
know
who
doesn't
need
one,
and
somebody
needs
to
do
more
art
around
it
is
you
know
black
people
were
here.
You
know
we
were
here,
be
slavery,
but
we
don't
hear
about
that
much
and
who
were
we?
And
how
did
we
get
here?
And
it
makes
sense
that
we
were
here
because
we
were
all
over.
We
were
first,
those
who
know
the
origins
of
History
know
that
it
began
in
what
has
now
shaped
into
the
continent
of
Africa.
C
We
know
that,
but
here
in
this
country,
it's
important
for
years,
we've
known
many
of
us
Tony
Carter,
so
many
of
us
mother,
Katie
sample
who's
done
so
much
work
in
this
area.
We've
known
that
we
have
to
teach
outside
of
school
because
the
schools
are
not
going
to
provide,
have
not
provided
the
the
kind
of
information
that
makes
our
children
proud.
B
C
C
C
What
is
it
that
made
wakanda,
something
that
we
all
want
to
be
yeah,
so
we've
got
to
be
realistic
about
what's
missing
and
how
do
we
begin
to
shape
that
so
for
me,
I'm
going
to
jump
into
this
real
quick
before
you
tell
me
to
shut
up
the
play,
the
Arts
creativity
we
tap
into
that
so
for
years,
we've
done
storytelling
with
young
people.
We've
done
creative
arts
and
and
designs
with
people
to
to
help
them
to
understand
how
to
teach
young
people
through
the
Arts.
C
So
this
play
that
we're
about
to
talk
about
Kumbaya,
the
Juneteenth
story
that
will
be
done
this
Friday
in
in
it's
about
that
play
over
25
years
ago,
30.,
wow
yeah,
and
it's
just
as
relevant.
Now
as
it
was
then-
and
we
see
that
with
things
that
have
been
around
for
years
right,
we
we
see
that
something
might
have
been
I
love
that
song
by
The,
Impressions
I.
Think
if
we
had
a
choice
of
color
how
many
years
ago
did
they
write
that
song?
And
yet
here
it
is
just
as
relevant
today?
B
A
Absolutely
that
would
be
one
of
them
and
and
Miss
McGee
I
I,
just
love
the
fact
what
you
broke
down
and
I
just
want
to
unpack
a
couple
things,
because
you
dropped
a
lot
of
knowledge
on
us
here
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
had
said
even
before
the
show
Miss
McGee
was
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
our
young
people
don't
understand
the
history
of
Juneteenth
and
I.
I
say
that
and
I'll
I'll
give
the
caveat
like
I.
A
Don't
want
to
be
that
that
that
that
old
person
to
be
like
you
know,
to
get
off
my
lawn
type
person
and
I
say
that
to
say
because
you're
absolutely
right,
the
educational
system,
let
us
down
right
it!
Let
us
down,
because
absolutely
they
watered
down
the
history.
They
they
tried
to
hide
the
history
and
I.
Don't
blame
the
young
people
right
for
not
knowing
about
Juneteenth.
A
However,
it
is
up
to
us
and
you're
a
hundred
percent
right
to
be
able
to
be
teachers
as
as
parents
as
Educators
as
as
people
who
are
are
in
a
position
where
we
have
lived
life.
We
have
to
be
able
to
get
back
and
have
to
seek
that
education
and
learning
to
teach
our
babies
and
our
young
people
about
the
history
of
June
teeth
and
why
that
significant
falls
on
us
am
I,
correct,
Miss
McGee.
If
the
teachers
are
letting.
C
Yeah
yeah,
it
really
does,
and
you
know
we
have
Educators
who
are
looking
for
resources.
Where
are
the
resources
they
want
to
know?
How
do
we
gain
access
to
to
so
that
we
can
teach
better
so
that
we
can
be
truthful
in
what
we
teach
I'll,
never
forget,
sitting
in
a
in
a
session
that
we
were
doing
years
ago
with
Minnesota
Humanities
and
excuse
me
there
was
a
white
woman
in
the
room
said
I'm
not
going
to
teach
that,
and
we
were
talking
about.
C
You
know
the
incident
that
happened
right
out
there
at
Fort
Snelling,
the
encampment
that
happened,
and
she
said
the
idea
of
now
trying
to
go
back
and
tell
people
that
we
had
indigenous
people
in
Camp
and
we
we
were.
We
were
doing
this
horrible
thing.
I
can't
do
that.
I
can't
teach
that
and
I
was
sitting
there
like
what
do
I
say
how
do
I
respond
to
this
because
she's
coming
from
the
manner
in
which
she's
been
raised?
C
How
she's
been
taught
and
that's
the
situation
that
we're
dealing
with
here-
people
operate
according
to
what
it
is
that's
been
put
in
them
to
operate
on.
So
if
they
want
to
believe
that
certain
things
never
happen-
and
you
know
that's
what's
going
on
right
now,
you
know
people
don't
want
to
hear
about
any
slavery
they
want
to
hear
about.
We
have
this
kind
of
thing
that
happened.
We
don't
nobody
wants
to
hear
people
don't
even
want
to
hear
about
the
fact
that
George
Floyd
was
murdered
right
there
and
they
saw
it.
C
They
don't
want
to
acknowledge
what
we
saw
with
philando.
Castile
I
mean
all
of
these
things
that
we
see
across
the
country
of
of
our
black
men
and
women
being
murdered,
and
people
do
not
want
to
acknowledge
that.
So
that's
a
whole
nother
thing
right,
but
for
the
play
we
try
our
best
to
bring
this
in
an
uplifting
manner
as
best
we
can
about
a
very,
very
horrific
time
in
this
country,
and
I
am
really
honored
that
brick
school
is
hosting
the
play
again
and
Minnesota.
C
We're
going
actually
on
Monday
the
19th,
the
holiday
itself,
we're
going
over
to
Saint
Peter
Minnesota
and
we're
going
to
do
the
play
there
at
5,
30
p.m,
and
then
we'll
go
down
to
Rochester
Minnesota
on
the
22nd
of
June
and
be
in
the
community
twice
with
the
school
presentation
in
the
morning.
These
are
kids
who
are
in
school
for
the
summer
and
then
in
the
evening
for
the
evening
performance
for
community
and
then
we'll
wrap
it
up
on
Saturday
the
24th
in
Saint
Cloud,
with
the
presentation
at
6
p.m.
C
And
let
me
also
say
I
have
an
entrepreneurial
spirit
and
it
is
important
that
we
understand
what
Juneteenth
is.
This
should
not
become
this
big
commercialized
sort
of
thing,
where
it's
important
that
you
know
you're
going
in
and
you
you're
doing
all
this
darn
shopping
around
stuff
and
you
don't
even
know
why
you're
buying
it.
Why
are
you
wearing
stuff?
So
it's
really
key
and
that's
that's
actually
how
the
play
came
up
in
the
first
place
years
ago.
C
It
was
the
Twin
Cities,
Juneteenth
committee
that
contacted
me
and
said:
can
you
write
something
educational
so
that
people
will
know
what
this
really
is
that
they're
celebrating
in
this
festival
and
in
this
parade?
So
that's
how
it
all
started
and
that's
how
it's
been
and
we
laid
low
for
a
few
years,
and
now
we
revised
this
thing
and
we
we've
we've
re
revived
and
reside
what
am
I
trying
to
say,
revived
and.
B
C
Yes,
thank
you.
We
res
we
revived
it
because
we
did
a
little
bit
of
tweaking
and
now
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
that
community
and
Educators,
and
parents
and
families
understand
and
it's
deeper
than
just
Juneteenth
itself.
It's
about
understanding
what
freedom
is
yeah
and
how
do
you?
How
do
you
understand
how
to
treat
yourself
in
a
manner
that
says
you're,
free.
B
A
So
I
want
to
just
make
sure
I
unpack
this
and
we've
got
about
like
nine
minutes
left
in
our
show,
and
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
unpack
and
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
follow-up
question.
Is
you
are
100
right,
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
seeing
lately
over
the
last,
maybe
five
years
right?
Is
there
a
lot
of
Juneteenth
celebration?
There
used
to
be
just
one
and
then
over
the
years
it's
kind
of
evolved
took
a
break
and
then
it's
turned
into
you
know
a
lot
of
festivals.
A
All
around
like
I've
looked
up.
I
have
never
seen
so
many
Juneteenth
celebrations
in
our
city
and
our
surrounding
suburbs,
and
and
to
me
there
is
some
some
good
and
bad
to
that.
The
good
is
to
me
is
that
Community
is
taking
Juneteenth
into
their
own
hands
right
and
and
celebrating
about.
Juneteenth
looks
like
to
them
right,
but
one
of
the
other
things
that
really
kind
of
gives
me
pause
is
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
it
is
watered
down
this
McGee.
A
A
lot
of
it
is
turned
into
different
table
and
events,
and
that's
okay,
too.
But
what
about
the
history?
Who's
teaching
the
history?
What
Booth
is
there?
What
speaker
is
there
to
talk
about
the
exact
history
on
why
we
are
celebrating
this?
Why
are
we
here
talking
about
Juneteenth
and
it's
not
just
getting
a
swag
bag
right
and
they're,
filling
up
your
bag
and
just
going
around
because
I
see
a
lot
of
that
and
it's
no
disrespect,
but
it
goes
on
to
the
fact
that
that
you
are
talking
about
that
right.
A
We
need
to
understand
the
reasons
why
we're
here
so
you're,
going
to
Saint
Peter
you're,
going
to
Saint
clouds
you're
going
to
Rochester.
You
are
branching
out
and
I.
Think
that's
a
beautiful
thing
and
I
say
this
to
say
to
you
as
we
close
down
the
show
Miss
McGee
like
what
are
your
hopes
and
your
wishes
for
our
people
in
this
community
on
how
we
celebrate
Juneteenth
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
C
C
I
I
want
to
be
real,
Frank
and
I'm,
hoping
I'm,
not
offending
anyone
out
there
listening,
but
you
know
we
have
to
be
careful
how
our
story
is
told,
and
we
keep
saying
we
need
to
tell
our
stories
and
it's
okay.
If
we
get
some
research
from
folk
I'm
honored
that
Elder
Mahmoud
alcotti
was
where
I
went
to
get
my
research.
A
C
B
C
When,
when
you
know
somebody
out,
there
makes
a
mistake-
and
you
say:
okay,
yeah
well,
now
I'll
go
back
anyhow,
so
you
got
to
do
the
same
thing
with
each
other
and
give
each
other
Grace,
because
that's
set
up
sometimes
to
be
the
way
it
is
to
be
received
so
that
it
creates
more
divisiveness.
So
these
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
concern
me
these
days,
when
I
look
I'm
I'm
interested
in
how
our
young
people
are
developing,
but
I'm,
also
interested
in
that
disrespect.
C
C
A
C
I
want
to
shout:
can
I
shout
out
to
Kevin
Lindsay
over
there
at
Minnesota
Humanities
for
just
being
the
Visionary
that
he
has
been
of
trying
to
make
sure
that
what
is
being
done
through
this
organization
reaches
this
across
the
state
and
not
just
black.
You
know
Productions,
but
other
ethnicities
as
well
he's
the
the
organization
is
very
good
at
that.
Ms.
A
B
A
C
B
B
C
C
They
went
to
that
particular
Church
and
it
was
really
beautiful
the
way
the
history,
the
historical
account
of
that
is
all
these
black
people
wanted
to
go
and
be
together
and
to
be
in
unity
to
give
praise
for
what
they
have
been
praying
for
for
Generations
right
and
that
it
just
moved
me.
It
gave
me
chills
and
I
thought,
that's
the
kind
of
energy,
that's
the
kind
of
synergy
and
that's
kind
of
unity
that
we
need
to
pull.
C
You
know
how
do
we
get
that
and
I
know
that
there
are
organizations
who
are
trying
but
I
think-
and
you
know
again,
I
may
say
something
everybody
may
not
agree
on,
but
we
don't
do
a
good
job
of
walking
the
talk.
We
can
put
that
talk
out
there
so
great
and
then
we
turn
around
and
we
just
bash
it,
but
we
just
got
to
uphold
that
stuff
better
and
be
able
to
move.
That's
how
change
happens.
A
C
That's
how
Unity
happens,
Unity
happens
when
people
feel
that
they
can
trust
the
voices
that
are
bringing
the
message
and
they
can
trust.
You
know
the
organizations
that
are
leading
and
guiding-
and
you
know
you've
got
many
organizations
that
are
supposed
to
be
for
us,
but
they
aren't
even
led
by
us.