“FROM PLANTATION TO EMANCIPATION”
PROGRAM AGENDA FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 11
This is an exclusive, educational day dedicated to Juneteenth and Black Houston History. Book a Black History tour purchase at 10:00 AM, 1:00 PM, or 2:30 PM, and you will receive free admission to a Red Punch and Tea Cake Reception and an empowering Speaker Series from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
11:00 AM - 11:14 AM Reception
11:00 AM Teacake and Red Punch
11:00 AM Poem by Dr. Don Williams
11:05 AM Music/Songs by National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Children’s Event
Children's Coloring activity of Reverend Jack Yates and Downtown Black Businesses Map by Sandra Lord, in the General Duncan Store.
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Speaker Series
11:15 AM Welcome and Juneteenth Introduction by Martha Whiting-Goddard
11:30 AM Reverend Jack Yates House by Devaron Yates
12 Noon Pilgrim Temple and Downtown's Black-Owned Businesses by Cheryl Cavitt
12:30 PM African American Women Suffrage by Rae Bryant
