The Black Diamond Group presents: Juneteenth 2026
Original poems, skits, and spoken-word storytelling intertwine with church songs and neighborhood memories in a Juneteenth night of laughter, remembrance, and resistance. The Sankofa 365 theme centers ancestral grit, elder wisdom, and sacred Black joy.
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