Juneteenth

The holiday, long celebrated by Black Americans, was declared a federal holiday last year. Now Ithaca’s city employees will also get the day off.

"Anything from t-shirts, to face painting, bounce houses, food, everything will be totally free."

"Your clients are more than your clients, because you probably know them. They're people in your community, and so they feel more like family."

"In order to really encourage STEM education, we need to focus and start early."

"It's just the way that we've seen people cook all of our lives. It's not even written."

Wilbur Reid's home in Elmira was always full of family. But as he built his family legacy and made his mark on the surrounding community, he was estranged from some friends and alienated by colleagues.

"I make a lot of music when I'm depressed or sad," Randolph added their mental health issues do not mean there is anything wrong with them. "I think it means there's something wrong with society, you know, society that could be working a lot harder to meet my basic needs and to make me feel wanted and loved."

Off The Page from WSKG · Anne Bailey - The Weeping TimeBetween 1760 and 1860, more than 1.2 million enslaved men, women and children were sold in the…

Elmira commemorated the 20th anniversary of the first Juneteenth event in the city at Ernie Davis park.

"I think that it is our job to keep history alive by talking about it."