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Chapel Hill and Carrboro are celebrating Juneteenth with a community event at the Hargraves Center this Sunday, June 16, from 2-6 p.m. The event will feature live music, food, merchandise from Black-owned businesses, an NAACP fundraiser, a “transcribe-a-thon” with the Jackson Center, and more.

Visit ChapelHillCarrboroJuneteenth.com for more details.

Aaron discussed the Juneteenth event with Darien Cropper and Xavier Vallejo of Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture.

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