Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally told they were free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.
For nearly a decade, SD Melanin has hosted an annual Juneteenth festival at Waterfront Park in San Diego to honor that history. This Saturday, organizers say the event will be bigger and better.
“I say every year, all the time, Juneteenth is American history,” Lauren Cobbs, founder of SD Melanin, said…