Carver Park welcomed community for Emancipation Saturday event [Video]

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The community gathered in Carver Park this weekend for Johnson City’s annual Emancipation Saturday event. Tennessee’s Emancipation Day is celebrated on Aug. 8.

Melissa Morrison, an event organizer, said the day is about bringing the community together to celebrate and learn about Emancipation Day in the state.

“It feels good to be able to organize this, to bring everybody together,” said Morrison. “It’s really good when people come together and they support you. Emancipation [Day] was when the slaves were really free on August the eighth. So, we want to come together. Everybody will do Juneteenth. We decided to do Emancipation Day, so we just celebrated.”

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The event welcomed local community organizations, including LEAD, the Washington County Democratic Party (WCDP) and UMOJA Johnson City.

Emancipation Saturday also featured live performances from the Free Flow Band, Africa Live, Jeanine Fuller and the True Funk Souldiers, and Lynnae Moon and the Rhythm Brewers.

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