From a jazz and arts festival to city-wide celebrations Juneteenth events across Southern California promise to highlight and uplift Black culture.
For Pastor Rob Shropshire, it is important to stop for Juneteenth and take the day to focus on and celebrate Black freedom and community joy.
Three years after becoming a federal holiday, Juneteenth is honored across the nation and in Southern California with local celebrations, arts and music-filled festivals, lively cook-outs, wellness workshops and more.But despite the holiday’s celebratory nature – and a day off of work in the middle of the week this year – Juneteenth also reminds people of a more serious matter: That freedom is not free, organizers emphasize.
Reginald Paul, center, performs during Long Beach’s 4th annual Juneteenth celebration at Shoreline Aquatic Park on Saturday, June 15, 2024. From left, Nia Jones and Lauren Jones dance during Long Beach’s 4th annual Juneteenth celebration at Shoreline Aquatic Park on Saturday, June 15, 2024. “We acknowledge all the contributions that have been made by African American people to the fabric of America… by demonstrating Black excellence in the arts,” Taylor said. “Freedom is a right we all deserve as human beings. But we have to fight for it, and the freedoms of many people in America had to be fought for. People underestimate how quickly things can backflip or reverse.
Lakota McBride, 9, looks at the mirror after getting her face painted on Sunday, June 16, 2024, during Redlands’ Juneteenth Festival at Sylvan Park. From left, Trudy Coleman, Juneteenth board co-founder; Kizziah Anderson, board member; John Thompson, board co-founder; and his granddaughter, Shamia Hill, of Pomona; decorate a monument in observance of Juneteenth at the start of the 34th Pomona Valley Juneteenth Family Jazz & Arts Festival at Ganesha Park in Pomona on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
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