FREEDOM HAIR recounts her experience as a woman who worked at a shelter for battered women

     In celebration of Juneteenth, the Alcee L. Hastings Broward Black-Jewish Alliance, Jewish Community Relations Council of Broward County (JCRC), and The Westside Gazette, proudly present the Juneteenth Mini Film Festival as a tribute to the spirit of hope and resilience of the African American community. Often referred to as our country’s “Second Independence Day,” Juneteenth commemorates the date in 1865 when more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas were free by executive decree. […]