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In New York City, A Juneteenth Event Examines The Meaning Of Freedom

Lincoln Center observes Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, with "I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me," an ambulatory experience conceived by Carl Hancock Rux.
The Lincoln Center campus, presently adorned in a green carpet of synthetic grass, hosts a Juneteenth experience June 19.

The U.S. Congress this week established , a commemoration observed in communities and cities across the country for more than 150 years to mark the day slaves in Texas were informed of their freedom, as an . Celebrations being held all over the country on June 19 likely will assume an added sense of occasion. In one such event, happening at in New York City, a starry group of Black artists will present an outdoor event that not only marks the

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