Photos: Juneteenth celebrated at Whitney Plantation in Edgard
The second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival is held at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. The event featured self-guided tours of the Whitney grounds, a dance workshop, speakers, activities for children, community-partner tables, a marketplace and food.
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Sojourner Gibbs and her son, Amir Gibbs, 7, spin around each other during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Twins Kairo Kinard, left, and Kyrie Kinard, both 4, of Providence, Rhode Island, plant okra seeds during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Deb Johnson, second from left, and members of the Rhythm Nation Dance Group give a dance workshop during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Sculptures of slave children fill the Antioch Baptist Church during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Festgoers check out the activities during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Kyrie Kinard, 4, of Providence, Rhode Island, gets help planting okra seeds from his mother, Simone Phoenix, during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Kyrie Kinard, 4, of Providence, Rhode Island, is handed an okra seed to plant during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Holley Willis, adjunct professor for workforce development at Delgado University and chief editor and developer at the Intercultural Language and Business Institute, was the keynote speaker at the Antioch Baptist Church during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Avery Tate of the Rhythm Nation Dance Group shares a laugh during a dance workshop at the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of the Rhythm Nation Dance Group give a dance workshop during the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)
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LaJerrika Wilson of the Rhythm Nation Dance Group shares a laugh during a dance workshop at the second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)