Juneteenth Part 3
1905 Emancipation Day/Juneteenth Parade, Richmond, Virginia, 1905, Courtesy of the Library of Congress
(First aired circa 2009 on "Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders,” Wisconsin Public Radio)
Juneteenth celebrations commemorate June 19, 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was finally enforced in the state of Texas, two and a half years after Abe Lincoln made his famous decree. We talk with professor and food writer Frederick Douglass Opie; Fabu Carter-Brisco, Madison Poet-laureate, Organizer of the Heritage Tent at the Madison Juneteenth Celebration
