Uplifting and poignant, this playlist celebrates African-American composers for Juneteenth!Read More
For over two decades, Tri-Cities held the only Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Program pageant in Washington state. This year seven candidates compete for the crown and the scholarship to celebrate the leadership of young African American women. Read More
There are lots of ways to celebrate Juneteenth weekend in Tacoma this year.
“There's no excuse for anyone not to celebrate Juneteenth because our city is going to be full of festivities,” says Candace Wesley, one of the organizers of Tacoma’s Juneteenth 253 Celebration.Read More
Family and Friends Celebrating Juneteenth Listen (Runtime 1:24) Read The longest running Juneteenth celebration in Washington is in Pasco. Back in 1978 there was a reunion for family and friends […]Read More
NWPB Classical is proud to present a special re-broadcast of the west coast premiere of Damien Geter’s An African American Requiem. The program airs Monday, June 20 at 8:00 pm. Read More
The United States has a new national holiday to celebrate: Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 — in the aftermath of the Civil War — when U.S. Army troops landed in Galveston, Texas, and informed some of the last enslaved Americans that they were free.Read More
President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to recognize Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States — as a federal holiday.Read More
The Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of chattel slavery in the United States, a legal public holiday.Read More
In the wake of protests calling for racial equality and other reforms after the killing of George Floyd, there's a growing movement to make June 19 a federal holiday.Read More
The lawsuit says the rally, which is to take place at a 19,000-seat indoor arena, could act as a superspreader event for the coronavirus. Read More
