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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Then news is Hour.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm Andrea Coleman coming up after our fears fight for
justice for her husband, the widow of Eric Garner, has
passed away. The President's stance against de and I is
impacting Juneteenth celebrations, and how black joy is getting some
in the black community through this latest attack on civil rights.
But first, here's bi N news.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Now the Trump administration is sending two thousand more National
Guard troops to Los Angeles.

Speaker 4 (00:23):
Why do you have these young people here who have
to miss work, miss school, leave their families, and they're
here for no reason in some instances, and I'm sure
you've seen the pictures in some instances sleeping on the
floor of the Federal building. Why are we doing this
to them?

Speaker 3 (00:39):
Black Mayor Karen Bess questioned the move, while Governor Gavin
Knusom slammed it as political theater, saying the troops were
pulled from vital wildfire duties. Ople Lee, the ninety eight
year old known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, will miss
her annual Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth, Texas due
to health issues. She was hospitalized last month, but it's
now recovering at home. Lee has led the event since
twenty sixteen, in Virginia is adding nine new sights to

(01:02):
the state Landmarks Register. They include Staunton's Fairview Cemetery, one
of the city's only documented black cemeteries, and Roanoke's Lucy
Addison High School, the first high school built for black
students there in nineteen twenty eight. I'm Amber Payton with
BION News. Now back to you, Andrea.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Thanks Amber Esaus. Knight's Garner, the widow of Eric Garner,
has died, according to BED. A spokesperson for the Reverend
Al Sharpton's National Action Network confirms Knight's Garner died Monday
from health complications. Snipe Garner rose to prominence after the
death of her husband. In twenty fourteen. Eric Garner died
after former NY police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in

(01:38):
a choke hold doing an arrest for allegedly selling loose
cigarettes on Staten Island. Garner said I can't breathe several
times before losing consciousness. Snipe's Garner spoke with MSNBC in
twenty twenty about the loss of her husband, and I
miss him every day.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
You know, people say you know when it comes around
till July seventeen, but no, I miss him every day,
every holiday, every birthday, my grandchildren's milestones. Why he should
be here.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Eric Garner's set sparked a national protest, and for years
Knipe's Garner fought for justice and his killing. Steel Pantaleo
was never criminally charged in the case. Eslaus Knives Garner
was fifty eight a While June teen celebrations have already
gotten underway in some cities across the country, others have
been placed on hold. According to CNN, the main reasons
are safety concerns and resistance to Dee and I program

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stemming from President Trump's stance toward it. The Black mayor
of Life with South Carolina said he was the only
city leader in favor of holding some kind of celebration
for the holiday, so nothing was planned. The Indie June
tenth parade in Indianapolis was canceled due to public safety concerns.
City leaders and Band Oregon say racial tensions and threats
for the reasons they are postponing their annual celebration. And

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in Denver, Colorado, an annual music festival had to reduce
its schedule to just one day instead of several after
sponsors dropped out and donations slumped a Black folk in
Atlanta are responding to this recent attack on Dea and
with an aggressive commitment to finding and maintaining Black joy.
The AJAC tells of people throughout the metro area intentionally
spending time doing what they love. Activities range from dancing, gardening, walking,

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basically whatever brings them happiness. The paper quotes Reverend Craig Oliver,
the pastor of Elizabeth Baptist Church in southwest Atlanta, as saying,
in the midst of the seismic chaos we're facing, there
has never been a more urgent time for us to
come together to push back against the deliberate efforts to
divide us and erase our history. According to the articles,
and people may add and take our joy well if

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you're planning to celebrate the holiday tomorrow. Doctor Dinah Raimi Barry,
dean of the School of Humanities and Fine Arts at
the University of California, Santa Barbara, told NBC last year
that that's what slaves freed on the occasion would have wanted.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
Some of the early festivals in eighteen sixty six and onward,
the formerly enslaves wanted to share with the younger generations
what they had experienced. They wanted them to know about
their culture and about the history, and about the history
of slavery, and they wanted them to remember at a
very very difficult time.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
I joined b I in tomorrow at eleven am and
seven pm Eastern for Juneteenth, the celebration of Freedom and Progress,
hosted by bi in Managing editor Mike Stevens. A say inform,
stay connected and subscribed, follow b I in News is Hour,
wherever you get your podcast. I'm Andrea Coleman for the
Black Information Network.