9 events to commemorate Juneteenth in Connecticut
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 3, 2022
Alrene “Renie Love” Blake marches in the 29th Juneteenth Parade circling through Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Saturday, June 19, 2021.
Carol Kaliff / For Hearst Connecticut Media
On June 19, the U.S. celebrates "Juneteenth," to commemorate the day in 1896 when a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were among the . . .