by Tom DeWolf | Jun 17, 2024 | News
The Joy of Juneteenth Led by a pickup truck filled with drummers with djembes and shakers, the parade brought together members of the North Fork community who shared a concern for justice for all — clergy and their congregations, students from local schools, North...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 14, 2024 | News
Building a bigger table for Juneteenth “As I write today’s column, I am excited about both the upcoming Juneteenth festivities and about this column being published on June 14, my birthday! Recently I learned that I share a birthday with 19th century...
by Tom DeWolf | May 20, 2024 | News
North Fork’s first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport Greenport’s Clinton Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, along with the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force and the Northfork local chapter of Coming to the Table, an Oakland, Calif.-based anti-racist organization, will...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 19, 2014 | News
For Juneteenth in 2014, the day when many enslaved people discovered they had been freed, Dionne Ford, a descendant of enslaved people and enslavers, and Elizabeth Sturges Llerena, a descendant of the largest slave-trading family in the U.S., were interviewed for...