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Charla Hutchens was at the Navajo Civic Center at Comanche County Park representing the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum during the first day of San Antonio’s annual two-day Texas Freedom Festival. She and others members were there to do what the group calls “history harvesting” — gathering documents, photos, and other memorabilia, to help preserve the unique history of San Antonio’s Black community members, said Ken Stewart, the nonprofit’s archivist.⁠ I’ve been lucky enough to work as an archaeologist in San Antonio and have learned so much about its untold history, its people, and the neighborhoods that I would’ve never experienced had I not worked here. And one of those neighborhoods that I happened to stumble upon was the Ridgeview neighborhood. ⁠ "As time progresses, an important question arises: Is Juneteenth really something to celebrate," Kimiya Factory writes in a recent commentary on sanantonioreport.org. "Our freedom should’ve been inherent." Tap the link in our bio to read more.

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Why I celebrate Juneteenth

Commentary: As an Afrofuturist who believes in and wants to see better Black futures, I have good reason to commemorate my ancestors’ struggle and triumph on Juneteenth.

by Kimiya Factory