Kansas City’s 18th and Vine District bustled with upbeat music, the smell of barbecue and chatter as people took to the streets celebrating African American culture Saturday afternoon.
Booths filled with colorful art and handmade crafts lined the streets as the powerful voices of a gospel choir led the day’s main stage events.
Juneteenth KC celebrated its 14th annual Heritage Festival on Saturday in honor of Juneteenth—commemorating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the U.S. learned of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued…