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The Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs is looking for performers for the upcoming Juneteenth Celebration.
Vocalists, bands, poets, dancers, choirs, and musicians can apply to be part of the upcoming, virtual event.
The 2021 event will premiere on Facebook and West Virginia Public Broadcasting on Saturday, June 19.
Juneteenth commemorates the 1865 announcement by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas.
President Lincoln s Emancipation Proclamation had outlawed slavery almost two and a half years earlier but enforcement there was slow and inconsistent before Granger s announcement.
Entries will be accepted through May 15.
All content submissions must meet the following guidelines:
Posters designed by local students are featured during an unveiling ceremony on Monday, February 1, 2021, inside the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery at the Marshall University Visual Arts Center in downtown Huntington. The creators of the posters are, from left to right, Isabella Schrader of Chesapeake, Ohio, Huntington High freshman Chloe Masey, Barboursville Middle School student Milla Werthammer and Southside Elementary student Elynn Winters.
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Statewide Martin Luther King Jr. Day ecumenical service set for virtual audience By
January 18, 2021 - 12:30 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. The Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission will host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Ecumenical Service to a statewide audience Monday.
The Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) recently announced it will be done virtually due to COVID-19 and will be broadcasted from WV Public Broadcasting, the West Virginia Channel at 8 p.m. The service will also be HHOMA Facebook page at 9:30 a.m.
“We are looking at the positives of this virtual program. In the fact that we are going to be able to reach a lot more people around the state. Just already with our social media posts, it has reached thousands of people,” Commission Chair and HHOMA Executive Director Jill Upson told MetroNews.