Photo courtesy of For Oak Cliff.
Face painting, bounce houses, a live DJ and more will set the stage for For Oak Cliff’s third annual Juneteenth celebration this Saturday.
The event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at For Oak Cliff’s headquarters at 907 E. Ledbetter Dr.Â
A farmers market will be set up at the event selling produce, and will accept SNAP and EBT.
The festival, which is free to attend, will include free food and snow cones, a live DJ, a voter registration booth and a kids zone. In the kids zone, bounce houses, a water slide, art and STEM games and face painting will be offered.
Juneteenth became a national holiday in 2021, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
On June 19, 1865, Union army general Gordon Granger arrived with 2,000 soldiers in Galveston and announced the emancipation of enslaved Texans. The event came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and more than three months after the end of the American Civil War.
Other Juneteenth celebrations in Dallas include a Black History tour at Old City Park, speakers at the African American Museum and a march for emancipation and equity at William Blair Jr. Park.
