With live performances, local vendors, food and dance

Idaho’s Black communities celebrate Juneteenth with joy, food, dance and community

Mia Maldonado/Idaho Capital Sun

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With live performances, local vendors, food and dance

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community members gathered in celebration for the fourth annual

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The Boise community was not the only city in Idaho celebrating Juneteenth this weekend

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“Juneteenth is a space of so much Black joy for people across the diaspora

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There was a shared sense of sadness

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