JUNETEENTH—1-5 p.m. Celebration featuring Yak’s Youth Center, Carbals Caribbean Store, Blendos, Freestyle Confections and more. Includes performances by Devon LaBoy, King Konye and others. Presented by Otsego Pride Alliance, DOSHA and others. Free. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or https://www.facebook.com/events/695840309801744/?rdid=Qm3l91P1GWAYdFZn&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16JszY522L%2F#…
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end of slavery
Cooperstown’s celebration connects this national holiday to the area’s local history of emancipation. On July 4, 1827, African Americans from Cooperstown and the surrounding region celebrated the official end of slavery in New York State with an emancipation celebration at the Presbyterian meeting house.…
