The Alabama News Center — Birmingham schedules Juneteenth parade and BCRI celebrations

| June 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am

By: Sym Posey

When Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation marking Juneteenth as an official Alabama state holiday on June 19, Brenda Ward was on hand.

The bill makes Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War, an official state holiday.

Ward serves as director of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation of Alabama (NJOFA), and now she wants to see it grow into more an than annual observance.

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