by Meghan Kowalski on 2022-06-19T08:00:00-04:00 | 0 Comments
The first Annual Juneteenth Celebration was held at the UDC Little Theater and Courtyard on June 19, 1999. The celebration was in honor of our African Ancestors who crossed the Middle Passage and a special celebration for those who choose not to make the journey into the unknown life that awaited them.
The celebration commenced with African drumming on the Plaza and the drumming continued on into the Courtyard and on into the Little Theatre. African dancers from Senegal, drummers for the Ivory Coast. The Drums of Fire, Rappers, Poetry, Song, Drama, and Storytelling took place from Noon until 9 p.m..
It was a cultural celebration that brought families out to enjoy a day of love, tribute and remembrance for the long awaited freedom of the Africans who were no longer slaves in a strange land.
Image Source: UDC Firebird, 1999-2000, 127. Pictures by Sandy Waters (Class of 1999)
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