Juneteenth in Berkeley on Sunday

Special Events
20th annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival
Date(s): 6/18/2006 - 6/18/2006
Times: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free
Contact: Sam Dyke
Telephone: 510-655-8008
Sponsor: Berkeley Juneteenth Association, Inc
Location: 4 block area
Website:

The first Juneteenth celebration was held on June 19, 1865, when the last slaves in America were freed. General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and issued General Order No. 3, on June 19, almost two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

BERKELEY JUNTEENTH FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Sunday, June 18, 2006
MAIN STAGE PERFORMERS
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
DRUMMERS INVOKING THE ANCESTORS
SINGING OF NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM
FEATURED HEADLINER TO BE NAMED
ALL STAR JAZZ BAND
RICARDO SCALES
KEITO GAMBLE
DONNIE WILLIAMS (AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST)
BEST INTENTIONS
ARCHETAN PATILLO

YOUTH, FAMILY, & CULTURE ACTIVITIES
NOON - 4:00 PM
In & near the Black Repertory Theatre
CHILDREN’S HANDS ON ART ACTIVITIES
FACE PAINTING
STORYTELLER/GRIOT: TURERDA MIKELL
TWO ON TWO BASKETBALL TOURNEY
YOUTH STAGE
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
Inside the Black Repertory Theater:
“BOUNCE”- THE DON BARKSDALE STORY

HISTORICAL PRESENTATIONS
PICTORIAL & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

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