Juneteenth Freedom Day

Princeton Family YMCA 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, NJ, United States

Let’s Talk About Race: Juneteenth

Virtual Zoom Event

Reverend Kerwin Webb and panel will discuss Juneteenth, presenting the history and legacy of the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the South. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger and more than 2,000 Union troops brought word of slavery's end to Galveston, Texas, freeing the last enslaved people. It took over two […]

Third Annual Juneteenth Flag Raising

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex 25 Market Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

Flag raising, recitation of names, choir performance

Free

“Freedom Forward” Juneteenth Celebration

Greater Mt. Zion AME Church 42 Pennington Avenue, Trenton, NJ, United States

The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) Juneteenth celebration, “Freedom Forward.”

Free

Celebrate Juneteenth

Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Talk by Arts Against Racism founder Rhinold Lamar Ponder and performance by 2023 Grammy Award-winning baritone Will Liverman

Free

Romus Broadway Documentary

Arts Council of Princeton 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Documentary about photographer Romus Broadway and kick-off of the summer photo camp

Free

6th Annual Recitation of Names (CANCELLED)

East Brunswick Community Arts Center 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ, United States

Annual recitation of names of the "Lost Souls," kidnapped by the van Wickle gang, plus Juneteenth celebration

Free

What We Commemorate on Juneteenth

Virtual Event

Dr. Richard Bell discusses the struggles of enslaved African Americans and their emancipation on June 19, 1865.

Free