The Black Scranton Project held its fifth Juneteenth Jubilee Block Party at the organization’s Center for Arts and Culture in Scranton on Saturday, June 15.
Glynis Johns, founder & CEO of the project, opened the celebration around noon. Social justice organizations, education institutions and businesses joined the jubilee. Rock on Radio 99.5’s DJ Killa Kwest spun tunes. Poets from Beyond Ur Expectations’ Rhythm & Rhymes Poetry Nights spoke and local musicians performed while people of all ages roller skated.
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Wichla Jules styles 16-year-old Devon Martinborough’s hair during the Black Scranton Juneteenth Jubilee on June 15.
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Katherine Ermeus sings “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” at Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Ashia Roberts watches the roller skaters at Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Gabrielle Mitchell shares a laugh with friends while wearing new earring she purchased for the Juneteenth Jubilee in Scranton.
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Realz by Nature prepares waist beads for sale during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Gavin, 10, and Declan Bellfield, 7, with Matthew Mercado, 10, make African-themed bracelets at the Everhart Museum’s stand during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Kimberly Vasquez from Verstylez Beauty Bar adds pink hair to Elaina Lee, 7, braids.
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Saniyah, 1, enjoys an ice cream during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Seniyah, 1, and Nevaeh, 3, dance with their father during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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People sign up to roller skate during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Lerycs Cooley, 4, holds on to his mother, Tierney Clark, as her daughter puts on skates.
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A large roller skating rink placed in the parking lot was a hit at Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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One-year-old Aubrey Parker dances and and tries to catch bubbles at the Juneteenth Jubilee.
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A row of vendors is set up during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee on June 15.
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India Vasquez takes photos of her friends skating.
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DJ Killa Kwest and DJ Front play music during Black Scranton’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
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Josh Hawkins, 10, teaches Vinny Grego, 8, how to tie-dye.
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Glynis Johns, founder & CEO of the Black Scranton Project, holds artist Tess Armstrong’s baby, Dorothy, 1, while looking at the art for sale during the organizations’ Juneteenth Jubilee. Cydni Bennett looks on.
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The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on Jan. 1, 1863. However, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas — the westernmost Confederate state at the time — with news that all the enslaved Black people in the state were free. The day became known as Juneteenth and its now officially a federal holiday.
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Rebecca Daniels prepares to take a tin type photo during the Black Scranton Project’s Juneteenth Jubilee.
