Frederick Douglass Reenactor Joins JUNETEENTH 2023 Hempstead County, Arkansas With Reflections on and discussion of antebellum Black life & Reconstruction in the southwest region
Hope, Arkansas, June 2023 – Visibility Outreach Touch Engage South Arkansas (VOTE SoAR) collective, the 2023 Hempstead County Juneteenth Celebration organizer, announces the addition of Charles Everett Pace for the Juneteenth 2023 opening reception Friday, June 16 at Historic Washington State Park. Mr. Pace will offer an interpretation of the Emancipation Proclamation’s conceptualization and implementation from the perspective of Frederick Douglass, noted abolitionist and friend of President Abraham Lincoln.
The 2023 Hempstead County Juneteenth theme is Black Resistance: Celebration of Resilience, History & Liberation, reflecting the Association for the Study of African American Life And History® definition of Black resistance as strategies where Black Americans’ can mobilize resources, human and material, to establish safe spaces where Black life can be sustained, fortified, and respected.
Persons and organizations interested in attending the reception should pre-register at https://tinyurl.com/