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Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant winners
Milwaukee is home to the nation's longest-running Juneteenth celebration, having held its first in 1971.
MILWAUKEE - For 34 years, Northcott Neighborhood House has presented the Juneteenth Pageant to showcase the best of African American youth in Milwaukee. Miss Juneteenth, Sydney Purifoy-Mahone, and Mister Juneteenth Kamari Murray along with Felicia Williams, join FOX6 WakeUp with more details.
Milwaukee Juneteenth
The backstory:
Milwaukee is home to the nation's longest-running Juneteenth celebration, having held its first in 1971.
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Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War was over. The holiday observes the date "the people of Texas were informed all slaves are free."
Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant in Milwaukee, kids 'open up'
In Milwaukee, the Northcott Neighborhood House on Saturday presented its Scholarship Pageant ahead of Juneteenth.
In 2021, after decades of lobbying, Juneteenth became a federal holiday.