Tucson came together to celebrate Black culture and community at the 56th annual Juneteenth festival, with Black-owned businesses, elected officials, and residents marking the historic occasion.
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
For Dr. Cheree Meeks, president of the Tucson NAACP chapter, the holiday carries deep personal meaning.
“It’s really personal to me because I know the people who are like me, my ancestors, were not free,” Meeks said…