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This Year’s Juneteenth Commemoration Week In Chattanooga
Eric Atkins, at right, holds the Juneteenth flag in 2022.(Unity Group of Chattanooga)
Juneteenth is the holiday that marks the end of slavery - and the emancipation of African-Americans - after the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Over the weekend, The Unity Group of Chattanooga began its Juneteenth Commemoration Week, a series of events in Chattanooga that continues through this year’s holiday on Thursday, June 19th.
Eric Atkins with the Unity Group talks about the theme for the week: “United in Solidarity for Freedom and Justice.”
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By WUTCEric Atkins, at right, holds the Juneteenth flag in 2022.(Unity Group of Chattanooga)
Juneteenth is the holiday that marks the end of slavery - and the emancipation of African-Americans - after the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Over the weekend, The Unity Group of Chattanooga began its Juneteenth Commemoration Week, a series of events in Chattanooga that continues through this year’s holiday on Thursday, June 19th.
Eric Atkins with the Unity Group talks about the theme for the week: “United in Solidarity for Freedom and Justice.”