Tag: Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth With The Red Bank Chamber Music Society And The...
To celebrate Juneteenth the Red Bank Chamber of Music Society (RBCMS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing classical chamber music concerts for the benefit of the Two River community, has partnered with the township’s T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center to present a concert featuring the New York City-based Harlem Chamber Players.
Race Talk: The Evolution of Black Freedom in America
You may know that on June 19, 1865, Black slaves in Texas were freed when federal troops arrived in Galveston and marked the day that is now known as Juneteenth. But how free were they really?
Celebrating Juneteenth in a New America
Birgit Mondesir, executive board member of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, read an open commentary about Black lives during a...
