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Morgan Park, Beverly celebrate Juneteenth, now an official municipal holiday in Chicago

Name: Morgan Park, Beverly celebrate Juneteenth, now an official municipal holiday in Chicago
Uploaded: 2022-06-18T18:14:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 49 s
Description: Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free -- two years after the emancipation proclomation.

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free -- two years after the emancipation proclomation.