Celebrating freedom
Ahmad Goree Dallas Southern Pride celebrating Juneteenth with full weekend of parties TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com For many years, Juneteenth was a uniquely Black and uniquely Texas celebration of the day that Union General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston, on June 19, 1865, to announce General Order No.
3, declaring freedom for enslaved people in Texas, the last Confederate state with institutional slavery. On June 18, 2021, 156 years later, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, and that weekend, Dallas Southern Pride hosted its largest Juneteenth celebration yet.
This weekend, DSP hosts its 2022 Juneteenth celebration. In fact the celebration started Thursday night, June 16 with the Cypher Party at Amplified, featuring performances by YaBoiKandir, Fat Pimp, DJ Chose and Beat King.
DSP’s Ahmad Goree took a few minutes this week to talk to Dallas Voice about the rest of the events planned for this weekend, and what Juneteenth means to the Black LGBTQ and same-gender-loving community. DALLAS VOICE: Tell me about all the different events planned through the weekend.
