Celebrate Freedom Juneteenth Festival June 19, 2014

Visitors are invited to enjoy the City’s annual Juneteenth event, a fun-filled family festival from noon to 5 p.m., Thursday, June 19 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, located at 2922 MLK Jr. Blvd. This free event will feature vendors, games, food, live music from local artists, and live radio broadcasts.

“This is an important event that brings the Dallas community together to commemorate this important moment in our nation’s history,” said Patrick N. Jackson, MLK Jr. Community Center Manager. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of when Texas slaves learned they had been emancipated back in 1865.

Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 12:00PM to 5:00PM

The Martin Luther King Community Center, located at 2922 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Businesses who are interested in securing a booth at the event should contact LaRhonda Bacon at (214) 670-8419. For more information or to obtain event applications, please log on to www.mlkcelebrationdallas.org.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Board and staff host this annual event. This year’s sponsors include TXU Energy, Dallas Weekly, The Dallas Examiner, The Dallas Morning News, K104 FM, KRNB and Warning Radio, Capital One Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Reliant Energy, Nestle, and Starbucks.