OHIO
Dayton
- 4TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION "CELEBRATING FREEDOM" JUNE 18,1999 10:30
UNTIL 3:30 P.M. DAYTON, OHIO VA MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING 305 MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND TENT
AREA SPONSORED BY DAYTON VAMC CHAPTER BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT CONTACT CHANSON800@AOL.COM
Oberlin
- The 1999 Oberlin, Ohio Juneteenth Homecoming Festival will begin on Friday, June 18,
with a Slavery Memorial Service sponsored by the Oberlin Black Alliance for Progress
(OBAP) held at Westwood Cemetery, 6:30 p.m., speaker will be Reverend Fred Bell. Saturday,
June 19, festivities will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tappan Square in downtown Oberlin.
Activities include a parade, Jumping the Broom a wedding vow renewal ceremony, Storyteller
Patricia Ellis, African inspired fashion show, Bid Whist Party, Nigerian Woodcarver
Oladipo Oludare, Contests, Speakers: Edna Jordan-Smith, "Looking to the North Star
from Louisiana" and Rev. Dr. Eddie L. Grays, "Where do we go from here: the
future of the Black Community," music by Messengers of God, M.L.K Community Choir of
Sandusky, Ohio, Red Carmen (Jazz) plus much more. Contact: Adenike Sharpley (440) 774-4327
or the Oberlin Chamber of Commerce at (440) 774-6262
Zanesville
- Juneteeth will be celebrated this year in e.central/s.east OHIO!(ZANESVILLE,6-19) From
the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD to the space program, this part of the country has and will
continue to aid in the properdevelopement of America. Call me- Darnell Brown WHIZ AM FM TV
1-800-652-5431
Wilberforce
- It is short notice but PLEASE join us in Wilberforce, Ohio for our JUBILATION
celebration honoring African American Freedom Celebrations. This will be held from one to
six on Saturday, June 19, 1999 at the National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center
here in Wilberforce at 1350 Brush Row Road. Vendors are welcome! Call to reserve space.
Valena Randolph, Rosa Caskey, Frank Eguaroje or Kim Miller Griffin (Education Staff) will
be happy to talk to you about your busload of visitors or your vending possibilities!!!!!.
Or just come and bring a lawn chair and enjoy the dya. There will be food and crafts, jazz
and reggae bands, clowns and mimes, storytelling, balloons and carnival games, gospel
choirs and African drums and dance.... The museum has just opened an exhibit,When the
Spirit Moves: The Africanization of American Movement, which will be available to view!
Please come!!! This is an outdoor celebration. Thanks.
Columbus
- Alkebulan, Inc. of Olentangy/Washitaw (columbus) OH presents Juneteenth Festival at
Franklin Park 1777 E. Broad St Olentangy/Washitaw (cols) OH on June 18-20, 34ADM (99) with
Anthony T. Browder as the guest speaker. For more information please visit our Juneteenth
site: http://www.netset.com/~khandi/index8.html/juneteen.htm
or email khandi@netset.com or call 614-258-4633.
Cleveland
- JUNETEENTH Celebration, sponsored by Women's Fellowship, Mt. Zion Congregational Church,
10723 Magnolia Drive, in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. (216) 791-5760.
Saturday, June 19 1-4 PM. Cost: $5. Poetry, liturgical dance, singing. Reservations
required.
Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County , Ohio Annual Juneteenth Celebration June 18th and 19th June 18
Kick-off Dinner/Dance 6PM to 10PM at the Dover Station Restaurant.Speaker:Hanes
Hairston.Tickets are 12.50 for adults and 6.50 for children. Call 330.364.9389 or 339.3929
for information and tickets. Tickets will be sold at the door. June 19 "Back to our
Roots" The annual Juneteenth Festival Kicks off at 7AM to 7PM at Cy Young Park in
Newcomerstown.Games, prizes, food, and fun. Come and join us. Take Interstate 77 to exit
65, follow route 36 West through the two sets of traffic lights(approximately 1 mile),
take the first exit after the lights and Cy Young Park sits on your left. See you there.
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