Juneteenth

This weekend we remember the ANCESTORS that came before us-for it's their shoulders we stand on TODAY! And because of their courage, and sacrifices we find ourselves lifted by their longing for a fair, brighter future, and enriched opportunity for ALL...

Mayor Byron Brown is excited about this year's 41st Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

This summer, people are doing it everywhere! Check out these videos of people line dancing in the Buff.

Buffalo holds one of the largest Juneteenth Celebrations in America. Check out some footage from this year's festival as we celebrate this national day of Freedom!

On this day in history, June 19, 1865, marks the day on which slaves in Texas first learned that slavery had been abolished. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been in effect since January 1, 1863, the news didn’t reach Texas until June 19, 1865. So here we are in 2012, and even though I was not around (physically) during the 1800s, I can imagine how difficult it was for those who were str

This weekend, the Juneteenth festival took place in Buffalo. This was my first Juneteenth in Buffalo, and all I have heard is horror stories. All this weekend, I was told by everybody I came into contact with not to go to Juneteenth. But I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I went anyway...

A "portmanteau" is a word that's formed from the combination of two separate words...for example... SMOKE & FOG = SMOG!  How is that relative to Juneteenth?  JUNE & NINETEENTH = JUNETEENTH! June 19, 1865 marked the day that the state of Texas finally recognized the freeing of slaves.  Texas was the last state in the Union to recognize The Emancipation Proclamation which freed sla

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. In 1865, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this announcement came two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which

According to the Buffalo News this morning, 5 people were shot Saturday @ Martin Luther King Park in Buffalo.  The report states that a lone gunman walked up to family cookout in the park and opened fire at about 8:30 Saturday night.  The party of people included children.

According to The Buffalo News, a local Community Activist (Samuel A. Herbert) needs your help in speeding up a $4.5 Million Dollar "Splash Park" Project so that it'll be operable by this year's annual Buffalo June Festival...."Juneteenth"!

Last weekend Buffalo celebrated one of it's most widely anticipated festivals in our area. With vendors from across the city and a parade unlike any other, WBLK was there to capture it all! Read more about the meaning of Juneteenth and check out video footage of this weekends festivities!

TODAY'S TOPIC: How Do We Break The Invisible Chains Of Mental Slavery??