Juneteenth is being marked, celebrated, and commemorated all weekend in the New York City area.
. The nonprofit Greenwich House hosted an event aimed at educating children about African culture.
"The changes we want to see in this country — you can't make without involving children," Soapbox Presents arts curator Marija Abney said. "They are our next generation." "Juneteenth is about independence, it's freedom, that's where we are liberated," Castride Dume, an assistant coach for the Jazzy Jumpers, said. "We get to show every way we've been suppressed in every which way — creativity, art, music, double dutch dancing.
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