Juneteenth

This weekend, central Oregonians will celebrate Juneteenth with a festival in Drake Park for the fourth year in a row. The two-day celebration will have entertainment, food and games like double-dutch, but true to the event’s foundation, there will also be a big focus on education about Black history.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Several Oregon communities are celebrating the holiday with public events.

The theme of this year’s Juneteenth Eugene celebration is “Rejoice.”

Lane County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for county employees.

Aceia Spade was Miss Juneteenth Oregon in 2019, and was just given the national title in a Oklahoma commemorative event last month.

The Johnson Teen Center is an offshoot of the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis. Many of their programs, including a panel addressing racism, help youth of…

The Eugene Emeralds are celebrating Juneteenth by welcoming back a former player who has become an inspirational speaker, spreading a message of love and…

Oregon lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth an official state holiday. Juneteenth is observed on June 19 each year, and marks the…

Eugene hasn’t had a large-scale Juneteenth celebration in decades, but this weekend there are two. Juneteenth commemorates June 19th, 1865 when the last…