Download Emancipation Park APK latest version Free for Android
Version | 4.0.1 |
Update | 8 years ago |
Size | 6.45 MB (6,758,104 bytes) |
Developer | Avatar Management LLC |
Category | Apps, Social |
Package Name | com.app_emancipationpark.layout |
OS | 2.3.3 and up |
Emancipation Park APPLICATION description
In Houston, Juneteenth has been celebrated at Emancipation Park for more than 140 years and is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Emancipation Park was founded in 1872, by four former slaves, Reverend Jack Yates, Reverend Elias Dibble, Richard Allen and Richard Brock, who led an effort to raise $800 to purchase 10 acres of park land to honor their new found freedom and to host Juneteenth celebrations. Reverend Yates’ church, Antioch Baptist, and Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church formed the Colored People’s Festival and the Emancipation Park Association. The churches served as the coordinators of many of the celebrations.