What Juneteenth Means to Marcus Nix
On Saturday, June 19, 2021, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended Troy’s Juneteenth Celebration in the newly named Geneva Pompey Park at 7th Avenue and Ingalls Avenue, where he spoke with Marcus Nix. On June 17, 2021. President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S.
