South Oroville opens Juneteenth weekend with 11th annual celebration

Oroville, Calif.— — Juneteenth has been celebrated in America’s Black communities since 1866, commemorating the emancipation of slavery. On June 19th, 1865, Union General proclaimed freedom for the slaves of Galveston, Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and two months after the end of the Civil War. In 2021,…Read More