JUNETEENTH is creating legacy in contested places
Friday, June 19 | 2 PM (EDT)
Join the Schomburg Center online for an afternoon of music, conversation, and reflection. Chef and historian Therese Nelson, Dr. Andrea Roberts, founder of Texas Freedom Colonies Project, and chef and TV personality Carla Hall, author of Carla’s Comfort Food: Favorite Dishes from Around the World, examine the artful negotiations of formerly enslaved African Americans and celebrate the persistent pursuit of freedom. Plus, Rootstock Republic premieres a new arrangement of “Strange Fruit,” the seminal song, made famous by Billie Holiday, which called attention to the lynching of Black people in America.
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