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Journey to Juneteenth: Alachua County Community Remembrance Project Exhibit Opening

  • When: Saturday, June 1, 2024,  1:00 pm -  3:00 pm
  • Location: Alachua County Commission Building 12 SE 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: FREE

With speakers, music, and food, the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project (ACCRP) invites all to the opening of a new exhibit in the lobby of the Alachua County Commission Building. After the Civil War, emancipation and the era of Reconstruction began with great hope for newly freedmen and women. Black citizens overcame enormous obstacles to pursue leadership roles, business, education, and farming opportunities. Many white people were resistant to Black equality and resorted to racial terror and mob violence to suppress Black voters and deny their rights. Between 1882 and 1930 Florida had the highest rate of lynchings per capita. This exhibit tells the truth about our history, and the legacy it created of racial inequity we continue to struggle with today.

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