Chapel Hill and Carrboro host fourth-annual Juneteenth celebration

On June 16, the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro held their fourth-annual joint Juneteenth celebration at the Hargraves Community Center in Chapel Hill. Juneteenth — also referred to as Emancipation Day — is celebrated annually on June 19 to honor the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in 1865. It was declared a federal holiday in 2021. “Juneteenth is an amazing opportunity for a community to come together and celebrate,” Chapel Hill Town Council member Paris Miller-Foushee said. “And to be able to have it here at the Hargraves...