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STATE REP. BARBARA BALLARD AND HER HUSBAND, AL BALLARD, READ THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION at theJuneteenth Commemoration in South Park on Saturday.Speakers commemorate 150th Juneteenth, celebrate black history at South Park eventIt commemorates a turning point in African-American history and our nation's history.- Tamara Cash, Juneteenth event committee memberBy Rochelle Valverde_Twitter: @RochelleVerdeAbout 150 years ago, Crystal Bradshaw’s ancestor Eliza Bradshaw was freed from slavery. At South Park on Saturday, Bradshaw, a Kansas University student from Jetmore, read an excerpt from the manuscript of her historical fiction novel, “Eliza: A Generational Journey,” based on her family’s past.Bradshaw’s reading was part of the Juneteenth Commemoration Celebration, which also included educational exhibits on national and local African-American history. Bradshaw said linking back to the past is important.“It’s really just showing how far the country has come and how we’re all related and connected to each other,” she said.Juneteenth is celebrated in communities nationwide and commemorates June 19,1865, a day more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was on that day that a general from the Union Army informed the last slaves in Galveston,Texas, that they were free.Saturday’s celebration started off with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by several Lawrence community members, including Lawrence NAACP president Ursula Barnes Minor, Mayor Jeremy Farmer, City Commissioner Leslie Soden and State Rep. Barbara Ballard.“It commemorates a turning pointPlease see EVENT, page 8A
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Lawrence Journal World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Sun, Jun 14, 2015
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