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Gary residents celebrate Juneteenth which ended slavery in Texas two years after the Civil War

Gary- The end of the Civil War meant the end of slavery for most people but in Texas slavery was not abolished officially until two years later in 1865.  The commeoration of  this date is called Juneteenth. Lake Shore Public Radio's Steven Lattimore has the story of a local Juneteenth celebration. 

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Columbia College Alumni Steven Lattimore has been a broadcast journalist since 1988, starting his career in Greenville, Mississippi as a television reporter.