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The Week in Philly: Juneteenth celebrations, and honoring an LGBTQ+ activist
Manage episode 424870524 series 3245582
This past Wednesday was Juneteenth, the holiday marking when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned that they were free, and Philadelphia celebrated the way we always do - big. KYW Newsradio’s Shara Dae Howard tells us about the meaning of Juneteenth, a block party at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, and the renaming of a street in the Gayborhood to honor a Black LGBTQ+ activist, Michael S. Hinson, Jr.
Listen to The Week In Philly live on KYW Newsradio every Saturday and Sunday from 3-4 p.m.
504 episodes
Manage episode 424870524 series 3245582
This past Wednesday was Juneteenth, the holiday marking when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned that they were free, and Philadelphia celebrated the way we always do - big. KYW Newsradio’s Shara Dae Howard tells us about the meaning of Juneteenth, a block party at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, and the renaming of a street in the Gayborhood to honor a Black LGBTQ+ activist, Michael S. Hinson, Jr.
Listen to The Week In Philly live on KYW Newsradio every Saturday and Sunday from 3-4 p.m.
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