BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Las Vegas-Clark County Library X-WR-CALNAME:Las Vegas-Clark County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d3261673-a641-499e-b00e-ceb2499879e4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260720T042444Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240628T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240628T140000 SUMMARY:Exploring the Origins of the Juneteenth Holiday LOCATION:Whitney Library\nWhitney Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Whitney Library;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=10;X-TITLE=Whitney Library:geo:36.09992,-115.060362 GEO:36.09992;-115.060362 DESCRIPTION:Professor Parry explores the origins of Juneteenth developed b y the Black community in Galveston\, Texas\, and how the celebration event ually came to other locations like Las Vegas\, Nevada.\nhttps://lvccld.lib net.info/event/10675254 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Tyler D. Parry\, an associate professor an d Director of the African American and African Diaspora Studies program at UNLV\, examines the Juneteenth holiday's broader importance within the Un ited States. Using images\, interviews\, and historical documentation\, Pr ofessor Parry explores the origins of Juneteenth developed by the Black co mmunity in Galveston\, Texas\, and how the celebration eventually came to other locations like Las Vegas\, Nevada through the &ldquo\;Great Migratio n\,&rdquo\; the movement of Black Americans from the U.S. South from 1910- 1970.

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Co-sponsored by UNLV's \;Department of Interdisciplinary \, Gender\, and Ethnic Studies.

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Free and open to the public. Seati ng is on first-come\, first-serve basis and may be limited. For more infor mation\, call 702.507.4017

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