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This Year’s Juneteenth Commemoration Week In Chattanooga

By Ray Bassett
Published June 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM EDT
Eric Atkins, at right, holds the Juneteenth flag in 2022.
Unity Group of Chattanooga
Eric Atkins, at right, holds the Juneteenth flag in 2022.

Juneteenth is the holiday that marks the end of slavery - and the emancipation of African-Americans - after the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Over the weekend, The Unity Group of Chattanooga began its Juneteenth Commemoration Week, a series of events in Chattanooga that continues through this year’s holiday on Thursday, June 19th.

Eric Atkins with the Unity Group talks about the theme for the week: “United in Solidarity for Freedom and Justice.”

The calendar for Juneteenth Commemoration Week 2025.
Unity Group of Chattanooga

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