As a Texan, I've known about it all my life. It wasn't a big deal growing up. It was like St. Patrick's Day or Columbus Day, an excuse for a party.
I went to a few Juneteenth barbecues with a bunch of restaurant coworkers back in the day. Not much different from any other parties except the music was more R&B and funk instead of rock or country. (This was before the hard-core gangster rap days...)
Did you know Tupac’s mom was a founding member of the black panther party in NY and two of the other founding members were FBI AGENTS? Source: Adam Curtis’ latest doc on BBC
As a Texan, I've known about it all my life. It wasn't a big deal growing up. It was like St. Patrick's Day or Columbus Day, an excuse for a party.
I went to a few Juneteenth barbecues with a bunch of restaurant coworkers back in the day. Not much different from any other parties except the music was more R&B and funk instead of rock or country. (This was before the hard-core gangster rap days...)
Did you know Tupac’s mom was a founding member of the black panther party in NY and two of the other founding members were FBI AGENTS? Source: Adam Curtis’ latest doc on BBC