Saturday's Juneteenth parade, connecting downtown and East Waco, will kick off a day of celebrations with a film screening, a touch of theater and a hair-design contest, plus after-parade parties.

Juneteenth became a tradition on June 19, 1865, when Gen. Gordon Granger sailed into Galveston, Texas, and issued a proclamation that gave freedom to a quarter-million Blacks in Texas who were ...

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Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when the last African American slaves in the United States learned they were free.