JACKSON – Communities across Mississippi will celebrate Juneteenth with festivals, food, music, history programs and family-friendly events this week.
Juneteenth, observed June 19, commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free.
Events are planned across the state, including in Jackson, Hattiesburg, Winona, Canton, Meridian, the Mississippi Delta and along the Gulf Coast…