UPCOMING EVENTS
June 19, 2009: 16th Annual Juneteenth Celebration
Click here to see the event flyer.
Juneteenth is the name given to the celebration by enslaved Africans in Texas and the southwest when they were told of their freedom on June 19, 1865-- nearly two years after the Emancipation Proclamation already freed them.
DETAILS
Wheeler Park4th and Summit St.
Ann Arbor
12pm-6pm
The NAACP is currently looking for vendors, talent, and volunteers for the event.
For vendor information, contact Mrs. Norma McCuiston at n444@sbcglobal.net.
To sign up to participate in the program, contact Mrs. Lauretta Flowers at ljflowers@comcast.net.
To sign up to volunteer, contact Ms. Antonia Barkley at abarkley227@gmail.com.