Juneteenth Celebration

The McIntosh County Shouters will present a special Juneteenth celebration event on Sunday, June 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the McIntosh County Academy Auditorium, exactly 157 years to the day from the very first Juneteenth. Following an address by Dr. Amir Jamal Touré, professor of Africana Studies at Savannah State University, the Shouters will perform the traditional ring shout. The McIntosh County Shouters are 1993 recipients of the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and have performed at JFK Center for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, and the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and thousands of other venues. Funding for this free community event has been provided by Georgia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

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McIntosh County Shouters performing in Washington DC