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The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
Lizzie Cocoa Duckworth Carter sings Lift Every Voice and Sing to start off the Juneteenth celebration at West Side Park in Champaign on Saturday. The Champaign-Urbana community came together in-person and virtually to commemorate the date the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were notified about their freedom.

[Photo] Champaign-Urbana celebrates Juneteenth

By Aliza Majid, Assistant News Editor • June 22, 2021
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