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Wednesday preps were underway at Emancipation Park for the 150th-anniversary celebration. This year the park is commemorating Juneteenth with a sold-out concert series.
A Juneteenth celebration that was scheduled to take place at Emancipation Park on Saturday has been postponed. Event organizers called it off due to the weather conditions. The daily downpours ...
Emancipation Park — the city’s first park — is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary of Juneteenth with a two-day music and community festival. Mayor Sylvester Turner made the announcement ...
Emancipation Park is located in Houston’s Third Ward, and is a great place for community members to gather and celebrate Juneteenth. This year, they have been presenting virtual programs on ...
Emancipation Park Conservancy will present a virtual programming and interactive activities for the Juneteenth holiday. Juneteenth is the oldest known U.S. celebration of the end of slavery and ...
Juneteenth festivities kick off at Freedom Walk and Run at Emancipation Park By Courtney Carpenter, via Saturday, June 17, 2023 ...
Thelma Scott Bryant, 101, recalls Juneteenth celebrations of her youth at Emancipation Park, where you would "just kind of eat yourself to death" and where she would steal away to meet her boyfriend.
Lace up your sneakers or walking shoes and join us at The Emancipation Park at 7 a.m. You won't want to miss this short but empowering power walk that will have you feeling the spirit of freedom.
Emancipation Park Conservancy will release free tickets to its upcoming 150th Juneteenth Celebration, starting noon Wednesday, by registering online at epconservancy.org for a maximum of three ...
A Juneteenth celebration set to take place Saturday at Emancipation Park has been postponed because of recent rain. Event organizers called the celebration off as downpours this week left the park ...