Today, we rejoice in our shared freedom, marking the end of oppressive Jim Crow laws and more. It’s a day of unity and celebration!
No more Jim Crowe Laws: Congratulations to Isaiah Blunt for graduating from Whitefish Bay High School on Sunday, June 16th, 2024. Congratulations to Queen Jude Blunt, who has successfully helped all four children graduate from Whitefish Bay School District, Iris, India, Israel, and Isaiah. ginuwinesqueennewsrelease applauds all of you.
Milwaukee, we warmly invite you to participate in our ongoing festivals. The festivities, which first aired years ago, are still going strong. Come and be a part of the vibrant community of Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Juneteenth Day Celebration, a testament to our shared history, runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with activities centered at West Locust Street and North King Drive.
From the early morning parade to the late afternoon activities, the Milwaukee Juneteenth Day Celebration is a day filled with joy and excitement for the whole family. Join us for a day of music, art, dance, food, speakers, vendors, and a host of other activities. Bring the kids along and let them indulge in the free barbecue food, snacks, popcorn, treats, and even pony rides.
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Juneteenth was a Federal Holiday where African Americans enjoyed freedom from slavery. In every city, especially Milwaukee. Streets are being blocked off with signs allowing for parades, police protection, and various local booths with giveaway bags from Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Public Library, Banks/Bader Philanthropies, Inc., Milwaukee Rescue Mission, Solomon Community Temple, UMC, and more. No one was excluded from petting chickens, riding a pony, enjoying a train wagon ride, or being on a carnival ride chicken coup. There was fun, food, and fellowship for everyone wanting freedom on Juneteenth Day.
Patrons stood in line for rib dinners, pork skins, carnival rides and more. While others were in line talking to booth advocates. The Milwaukee Public Library distributed gift bags with bookmarks including every branch location and hours of operation along with books, handouts on MPL Americorps, and Celebrate Black Voices handouts illustrating Fiction and Nonfiction books along with information on DVDs. One example of a Fiction Books included: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Novel by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers.
¨While Exploring her familyś heartbreaking, generational trauma, Ailey finds strength to embrace her full heritage. ¨
Milwaukee Public Library, Celebrate Black Voices
Another interesting book is called The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
¨Two enslaved boys at a Mississippi cotton plantation find comfort in one another until a fellow slave, looking for approval, starts preaching the masterś gospel and everything changes.¨
Milwaukee Public Library, Celebrate Black Voices
Every patron would feel overjoyed when they received a free book called Juneteenth For Mazie by Lloyd Cooper.
Perhaps if patrons were not too interested in a childrenś book, maybe they were elated learning about S.P.L.A.S.H. from Solomon Community Temple. The free Bible and popcorn bags were not the only concerns of Solomon Community Temple. S.P.L.A.S.H. is a few Saturday Programs for Learning through the Arts, Sciences, and Horticulture.
The Summer Session is for ages 9 and Up. Summer Session from July 2nd-August 27 focuses on Milwaukee as a Water City. Fun activities for the youth include the following: Biking with Red, Bike and Green with Nearby Nature, Sailing with Milwaukee Sailing Center, Kayaking with Urban Ecology Center, Acrylic Painting and Circus Arts with Guest artists, and more.
If a student has full summer participation with very little, no absences, that student can win a free bicycle, yes a free bicycle.
Parents, all activities are on Saturdays from 10:00am to 4:00 pm. Parents, you know what that means, Parent Me Time! If interested, Please register your child or children at Register.
This was just a synopsis of what Juneteenth Celebration participants received at the moment of their wonderful arrival.
Reporter Jude 