Photos from Juneteenth reception at Knox County Public Library, 2024

Description:	Images from the opening reception of the Groundbreaking Black Hoosiers travelling exhibit at the Knox County Public Library in Vincennes, Indiana, June 17, 2024.The travelling exhibit created by the Indiana Historical Society is entitled Groundbreaking Black Hoosiers and outlines the significant history of and contributions by Indiana’s Black Community. Members of the Black History Preservation Project of Knox County organized and participated in the reception program which featured an invocation by Reverend Anton Howard of the New Life Holy Cathedral, literary readings by author Aaron Jones, singing of Negro spirituals by Reverend Kenneth Morris, and an historical address about the history and importance of Juneteenth and Black history in Indiana by Vincennes University professor Tyson Sims.
Origin:	2024
Contributor(s):	Sims, Tyson; Jones, Aaron; Howard, Anton; Morris, Kenneth;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/47178
Collection:	Knox County Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Black people -- America -- History African Americans -- History Black people -- History Slave records Slave labor Slavery Slaveholders Enslaved women Enslaved men Slavery -- Law and legislation Indentured servants Indiana -- Northwest Indiana -- History Vincennes (Ind.) Knox County (Ind.)

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