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I was born in Texas, and back in the 1950s I remember the Juneteenth celebrations across the lake from our neighborhood. The day usually began with an AME church service, then a barbecue, then singing and dancing - and more barbecue! - until nightfall. One of the popular drinks at the barbecue was "red tea", made from dried hibiscus flowers; the tea was a culinary tradition of Africa, brought to the Americas by enslaved African people. By the way, that church service was "across the lake" from our neighborhood, because people of color were forbidden by city ordinance from living anywhere else, were restricted to only one K-12 school, the side entrance of many shops and stores, and this:
