Vanessa Williams To Honour Juneteenth At July 4 Festivities
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etcanada.comWhen Vanessa Williams hosts this year’s televised Capitol Fourth celebration, she will not only honor the nation’s traditional independence day, but also the country’s newly designated holiday — Juneteenth.
Williams, who was the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America, will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which has served as the Black National Anthem. “It’s in celebration of the wonderful opportunity that we now have to celebrate Juneteenth.
So we are reflective of the times,” she told the Associated Press on Thursday while promoting this year’s show. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of African American slaves and has been celebrated annually on June 19 in various parts of the United States.
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