Krewe De Onyx brings Juneteenth celebration back to Orange with music, food and family fun - Orange Leader

Krewe De Onyx brings Juneteenth celebration back to Orange with music, food and family fun - Orange Leader

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Juanta Griffin looks back and forward on Juneteenth’s power

The words Juanta Griffin read aloud during an Oak Park village board meeting five years ago, from a Juneteenth Proclamation she co-wrote, resonates now more than ever. “Juneteenth today celebrates Black freedom and achievement; as it takes on a more national, symbolic, and even global perspective, the events of 1865 in Texas are not forgotten…,” she read years ago. “It meant, ‘I see you as a people, not just a holiday, not just a culture. I see …