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How Brooklyn Celebrated Juneteenth Way Before It Became a National Holiday

Juneteenth festival organizers Brenda Brunson-Bey and Spring McClendon speak to each other in Bed-Stuy's Herbert Von King Park.

This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. When Brenda Brunson-Bey first moved to Brooklyn in 1984, she met a lot of people who didn’t know what Juneteenth was.  She herself hadn’t […]

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