More than a dozen celebrations of Juneteenth were held throughout the region over the weekend.
Dozens of Queen Creek community members gathered at Desert Mountain Park on Sunday to celebrate the town's first annual Juneteenth celebration.
"Today, what I have displayed is my original paintings where I showcase the beauty within Black women, so showing off our natural hair, our curves, our complexions," said Diamin Nicole, artist and owner of Picture Pearlfect. "Because of this important date and celebration of the end of African American slavery in the United States, we want to make sure all people understand that it was a very terrible thing that happened but we do recognize that it did happen and it did end and we want to observe that date where those last people were finally free," said Craft.
"It's really important that the town doesn't do it for the community, the community built this and then said 'hey, do you guys want to be a part of it and participate?'" said Benning.On Saturday, African American Advisory Committee hosted its 9th annual celebration of Juneteenth at the Tempe History Museum. Tempe Mayor Corey Woods presented recognition and scholarships to leaders in the community, including Keith Burke.
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