African American Museum Of Iowa

2024 Juneteenth Commemoration

Location: African Museum of Iowa
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
55 12th Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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June 13
5pm – 8pm
Taking Care of Her Seminar at the AAMI

BIPOC women sharing insights for strengthening our mental, physical, and financial well-being.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in America.
After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, owners in many isolated areas kept word from the people they had enslaved so that they would not flee. On June 19, 1865, some of the last enslaved people in America were freed when the news, at last, reached Confederate Galveston, Texas. Since that day, Juneteenth has been celebrated to honor the African Americans who built this nation.