JUNETEENTH- Scores of people gathered on South Side last Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. Right, Elijah Coles Brown, a gifted 11-year-old orator from Henrico County who donned a wig, beard and period dress, recites Frederick Douglass’ famed “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” speech. The speech attacked the hypocrisy of July 4th celebrations during times of enslavement.
