Featuring Black-owned businesses, food trucks, music and a cool down station for people to escape the high temperatures, the inaugural festival at Lake Lorna Doone Park near Downtown Orlando kicked off with radio host Monica May introducing the event, followed by a rendition of “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” often referred to as the “Black national anthem.”
Juneteenth is focus of Wallingford jubilee’s Faith Day- WALLINGFORD As part of the Wallingford 350th+2 Jubilee, Faith Day and a Juneteenth Observance were held Sunday afternoon at Seymour St. John Chapel on the campus of Choate Rosemary Hall. While the service was led by Rev. Aaron Rathbun, director of.
Lake Wales High School Student Wins MLK Oratorical Contest by James Coulter A Lake Wales High School student is living the dream after giving a speech about Martin Luther King's dream and winning first place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Contest in Lake Wales. On Friday evening, five…