Indianapolis to celebrate Juneteenth with events across Circle City
Many of the events, including a bike ride and father-and-son photo shoot, are being held Saturday in downtown Indianapolis. Author: Steve Jefferson Updated: 2:19 AM EDT June 17, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Several community leaders are preparing to host events as part of the celebrations for Juneteenth in central Indiana. Many of the events are organized as family events.
Fitness trainer Antwan Mack is getting ready to help host the second annual Juneteenth weekend bike ride along with Cassie Smith-Johnson. She created the event during last years pandemic, hoping just to give people something else to think about not knowing the ride would be a huge hit.
Jun 15, 2021 / 06:17 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Saturday’s
Biketeenth bicycle ride was set up as a health initiative that aims to unify Hoosiers and commemorate
Cassie Smith-Johnson and Antwan Mack are the co-founders.
Smith-Johnson said Tuesday, “Our young men and women are obese … heart failure, kidney issues. You’ll see dialysis centers popping up everywhere right now, especially in the Black community. So, we just really want to push health on our community … you know, white, Black, everyone right now.”
Observed on June 19,
Juneteenth marks the emancipation or freedom of the last African-American slaves in the United States on Jan. 1, 1863. But, that message didn’t reach enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, until June 19, 1865.
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