FORJ NNHS (Families Organizing for Racial Justice at Newton North High School) is hosting this year’s Juneteenth Celebration at the Walnut Street side of Newton North High School. The event will host Black-owned businesses, food trucks, performers, and children’s activities. In addition, The New Art Center will be hosting a performance of Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” This performance is a part of the Reading Frederick Douglass Together Program, funded by a grant from Mass Humanities. Historic Newton is partnering with the New Art Center to provide an in-depth look at the speech and context for the reading. More information can be found here.
