Photos: Juneteenth commemorated at Atlanta History Center

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Photos: Juneteenth commemorated at Atlanta History Center

The Atlanta History Center hosted a Juneteenth family program commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Guest enjoyed history through talks, stories and museum theatre.

Culinary historian Michael Twitty prepares food for the Barbecue Nation Cooking Demonstration during the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Museum interpreter Anterior Leverett talks to a small group during one of the theatre performances at the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Museum interpreter Kat Kovak prepares food for the Barbecue Nation Cooking Demonstration during the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Minka Wiltz performs in the Order Of Freedom play at the Juneteenth program Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Minka Wiltz (R) and Masud Olufani (L) perform in the Order Of Freedom play at the Juneteenth program Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Museum interpreter Alexandria Sweat (R) talks to a small group during one of the theatre performances at the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Museum interpreter Andrew Blair and Jasmine Water Page talk to a group during one of the theatre performances at the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Historian Marvin-Alonzo Green (R) shows Linwood Bonner (L) and Grant Bonner a reproduction of an authentic Civil War knapsack during the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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Culinary historian Michael Twitty prepares food for the Barbecue Nation Cooking Demonstration during the Juneteenth program that focuses on the appreciation and commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the Atlanta History Center. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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