This past Wednesday was Juneteenth, the holiday marking when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned that they were free, and Philadelphia celebrated the way we always do - big. KYW Newsradio’s Shara Dae Howard tells us about the meaning of Juneteenth, a block party at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, and the renaming of a street in the Gayborhood to honor a Black LGBTQ+ activist, Michael S. Hinson, Jr.

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<p>This past Wednesday was Juneteenth, the holiday marking when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned that they were free, and Philadelphia celebrated the way we always do - big. KYW Newsradio’s Shara Dae Howard tells us about the meaning of Juneteenth, a <a href="https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/honoring-rhythms-of-liberation-with-juneteenth-block-party">block party at the African American Museum in Philadelphia</a>, and the <a href="https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/michael-hinson-jr-way-honored-with-street-sign-philly-gayborhood">renaming of a street in the Gayborhood</a> to honor a Black LGBTQ+ activist, Michael S. Hinson, Jr.</p>
<p>Listen to The Week In Philly live on<a href="https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio"> KYW Newsradio</a> every Saturday and Sunday from 3-4 p.m.</p>

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