As a child in Milwaukee, Annie Weatherby-Flowers always looked Juneteenth event, she would sit with friends and watch a parade go down the street, then join others in roasting corn, listening to music and celebrating the African American community.
When Weatherby-Flowers moved to Madison in 1989, she recognized a need for the connections she experienced in her youth.
“I noticed the Black community was kind of segregated — economically, socially and educationally, we were divided,” she recalls. “I said, ‘Madison needs a Juneteenth, a time when we’re collectively together.’”…