From June 16th to June 19th , South Side Chicago area residents will celebrate Juneteenth at several locations. The trail will travel along the lakefront from South Shore to Bronzeville.
June 16th 3rd Annual Freedom Awards Dinner
6PM South Shore Cultural Center
71st and South Shore
Sponsored by: Coalition For Improved Education in South Shore (CIESS) Lestine Byars, Director
2005 Award Recipients:
Lorraine Dixon Humanitarian Award
Richard Steele
Bernard Spillman Educational Award Dr. Larry Hawkins
Al Raby Community Service Award Jesse Yahuda
Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Arts Award
Joan Gray
Dr. Martin Luther King Civil Rights Award
Timuel Black
Mayor Harold Washington Political Leadership Award
Senator Donne Trotter
Dorris J. Pickens Trailblazer Award
Linda Greene
Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Ronald Grzywinski
Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Milton Davis
June 18th 10th Annual Freedom Parade
Theme: Journeying Back Down the Freedom Trail
In Remembrance of the Underground Railroad
10AM Parade Route 79th from Stony Island to Rainbow Beach Park
Sponsored by: Coalition For Improved Education in South Shore (CIESS)
June 18th Juneteenth Freedom Day Commemorative Program
12:30PM- Rainbow Beach Park
Dusk Lakefront at 79th
Sponsored by: Coalition For Improved Education in South Shore (CIESS)
Salutes to the Armed Forces, Firefighters, Police, Dignitaries,
Annual Battle of the High School Band
Annual Greek Step Competition
Freedom of Expressions Writing Challenge
Vendors
Live Clear Channel Broadcast
Live Entertainment
M.C. Lamont Baker, WKKC 89.3
June 18th Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration
Noon- Dusk Theme: Come on Down To The Bottoms
Rainbow Beach Park
Lakefront at 77th
Sponsored By God’s Gang
Carolyn D. Thomas, Director
Premier Exhibit Recreating 19th Century Slave Quarters and Path to the Big House, Cabin, Gathering Area, Blacksmith, Cemetery, Small Live Animals, Artifacts, Crafts
June 19th Juneteenth Celebration
Theme: Celebrating Fathers
1-7 PM The Historical Swift Mansion
4500 S. Michigan
Sponsored by: Race To Knowledge
` /Bobbie Johnson, Director
Scheduled Showtime 3PM- Music and Poetry
For More Information:
CIESS
CIESS.Lecktronix.net
773-684-6070
God’s Gang GodsGang2005.Lecktronix.net
773-264-2652
Race To Knowledge UndergroundRailroad.Lecktronix.net
773-285-2852
DAE Communications/ Juneteenth.Lecktronix.Net
702-878-5277 / 773-493-3025
Juneteenth Freedom Day is an under-recognized holiday in the state of Illinois.
Are you having a Juneteenth event in the Chicago Area?
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Our Thanks to the Juneteenth 2005 Sponsors For The Above Events:
Alderman William Beavers, Alderman Todd Stroger, Alderman Leslie Hairston, African American Operating Engineers, South Shore Planning & Preservation Coalition, Catherine Bounds, Calypso Cafe Chicago Corvette Club, Chicago Park District, DAE Communications, God’s Gang, Community Housing Advocates of South Shore, INC. Dixie Kitchen, Midas, Rainbow Beach Advisory Council, Race to Knowledge, Inc., National Hook Up of Black Women, Shore Bank, Urban Life, Inc., Swift Underground Railroad, Botanic Gardens, Urban Equities, Black United Fund of IL. Gospel Radio 1390, WVON 1450, WGCI 107.5, V103.
