Interfaith Choir Roots Juneteenth Celebration in Joy and Justice

The Juneteenth flag is seen waving in the wind during a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth, June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. 

Resounding Love, a diverse interfaith choir, is bringing a message of love and hope to its Juneteenth concert in Seattle.

The group offers the most powerful and uplifting elements of church gospel music to people of many faith backgrounds, the Rev. Angela Farrar Small, director of chaplains, said. Resounding Love’s Juneteenth performance will center on African American identity, culture, history and social justice.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Now it’s a federal holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.

African American gospel and spiritual music has brought people together “from the deepest depression to the biggest joys,” Small said.

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