Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 23:51.
Three people were injured by gunfire at the Juneteenth Festival in Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis on Saturday. The tragedy of the shooting threatens to play into corporate media stereotypes of black violence and gang activity, overshadowing this celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. We post this article here to inject information about the actual significance of Juneteenth back into public awareness...
from Juneteenth.com