60 Years of Civil Rights
Saturday, June 15, 2024 | 11am - 1pm
Renaissance St. Augustine
6 W Castillo Dr, St. Augustine, FL 32084
WEBSITE (904)824-1191
St. Augustine's Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center's 2024 Juneteenth Celebration Luncheon: A three-for-one celebration of music, historical Civil Rights dialogue and an Excelsior High School 100th Anniversary kickoff presentation.
The LMCC is proud to present Marcus Click, an award winning and successful saxophonist, as the musical guest for the luncheon. Marcus Click committed over 13 years of his life to the U.S. Navy and during this time, his love for jazz grew by listening and learning from the late Grover Washington, Jr., David Sanborn and Kirk Whalum, to name a few. His goals changed and he pursued a career in music. In 2019, Marcus won the AMG’s Instrumentalist of the Year Award.
About the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center opened in 2007 in the historic Excelsior High School building, the first public high school for African-Americans in St. Augustine. Built in 1925, the building sits in the heart of the Lincolnville Historic District, which has many civil rights era sites and markers. The museum preserves, perpetuates and promotes St. Augustine’s and America’s African-American history through exhibits, permanent displays, educational and cultural programs, live performances and community involvement. To learn more, visit www.lincolnvillemuseum.org or call 904-824-1191.
*Juneteenth, official name of federal holiday Juneteenth National Independence Day, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day, and Juneteenth Independence Day, holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed annually on June 19.
In 1863, during the American Civil War, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared more than three million slaves living in the Confederate states to be free. More than two years would pass, however, before the news reached African Americans living in Texas. It was not until Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, that the state’s residents finally learned that slavery had been abolished. The former slaves immediately began to celebrate with prayer, feasting, song, and dance.
The following year, on June 19, the first official Juneteenth celebrations took place in Texas. The original observances included prayer meetings and the singing of spirituals, and celebrants wore new clothes as a way of representing their newfound freedom. Within a few years, African Americans in other states were celebrating the day as well, making it an annual tradition. Celebrations have continued across the United States into the 21st century and typically include prayer and religious services, speeches, educational events, family gatherings and picnics, and festivals with music, food, and dancing.
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102 Martin Luther King Ave
St. Augustine FL 32084
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