Juneteenth

Civil Rights activist Fred Edwards reflects on race relations as the calendar leads up to this weekend’s Juneteenth federal holiday.

Faith Dixon talks about the Saturday event on 19th Avenue north of the Fargodome, Fred Edwards, Jr. is joined by Troy Jackson, Jr. on the Sunday event at NDSU's Renaissance Hall in downtown Fargo.

This date in 1862 was the eve of Emancipation Day in Dakota Territory. That’s because the following day Congress would pass “An Act to secure Freedom to…