Tuskegee University News June 15, 2011 Rochon to speak at city Juneteenth celebration Tuskegee University President Gilbert L. Rochon will be the keynote speaker during the city of Tuskegee's annual Juneteenth celebration to be held Saturday, June 18 in the city square. Activities are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The official ceremony, including Rochon's speech, is from 10 a.m. to noon. Activities will include live performances by local and regional music artists, dancers, drummers and more. Among the exhibits available will be artifacts of slavery and the Civil War. Vendors will be on site with a variety of products. This event is free and open to the public. Juneteenth commemorates the day slaves in Texas were informed they were free (June 19, 1865) by order of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, signed in 1863. For more information, call 334-727-1997. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.