In the summer of 2021, Sikeston residents organized the biggest Juneteenth party in the city’s history. Sikeston police officers came too, both to provide security for the event and to try to build ...
Opal Lee championed Juneteenth holiday ... Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed Harris as the Democratic Party candidate for the presidency. And she was thrilled.
Opal Lee, the civil rights activist whose crusade helped to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, celebrated her 98th birthday this week. She helped organize one of the first major celebrations in her ...
More than a dozen people were shot at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock during a Juneteenth celebration earlier this year. Two innocent bystanders, Lyndsey Vicknair and Ara Duke, were killed.