Bruce Street School, Lithonia GA

📣 Juneteenth – Freedom Day

🗓️ June 19th

Today we honor the strength, resilience, and triumph of a people who never gave up on freedom.
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were finally informed of their freedom — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Let us remember. Let us reflect. Let us rise.

Today marks 73 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott were married on her parents’ lawn in Marion, Alabama. We are grateful for their union, which profoundly impacted the world.

"My wife was always stronger than I was through the struggle... In the darkest moments, she always brought the light of hope."

“The term other half aptly fit Martin and me. In fact, we were more than that. I often felt as if we were one heartbeat, one soul.”

in 1965, my father delivered a commencement address at Oberlin College and told graduates that the greatest danger was not injustice itself, but sleeping through the revolution around you. He urged them to never be silent onlookers.

To every graduate stepping into the world this season, including my daughter: remain awake. Your generation's revolution is waiting for you.

“History In Your Hands!”

It’s that time of the year again to share you and your family’s history for Juneteenth! Please join us for our 4th Annual Juneteenth Storytelling Festival at Bruce Street. This year’s theme is History In Your Hands, featuring virtual keynote speaker, former mayor of Chapel Hill, NC and Bruce Street School alum Howard Lee.

Last year, we asked locals to bring their old family photos and historic images to potentially be included in a book about the Heritage Area. This year, thanks to your contributions, we’ll be talking about and selling this new book, Images of America: Arabia Mountain NHA. Our keynote speaker Howard Lee will also read from his memoir, The Courage to Lead, about growing up in lithonia and going to the stone Bruce Street School during the height of Jim Crow and the Klan.

🗓️ Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 1-3pm
📍 2449 Bruce St, Lithonia, GA 30058

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-storytelling-festival-at-bruce-street-tickets-1988493083341



Jeffery Dingler Brigette Janea Jones Bruce Street School, Lithonia GA

Iconic Group.. The Supremes. These three ladies from the projects of Detroit, became SUPERSTARS. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and are, to date, America's most successful vocal group with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in worldwide popularity, and their success made it possible for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success.

Founding members Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit, formed the Primettes as the sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who went on to form the Temptations). Barbara Martin replaced McGlown in 1960, and the group signed with Motown the following year as the Supremes. Martin left the act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio.

During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved mainstream success with Ross as lead singer. In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong. Ross left to pursue a solo career in 1970 and was replaced by Jean Terrell, at which point the group's name reverted to the Supremes. After 1972, the lineup changed more frequently; Lynda Laurence, Scherrie Payne, and Susaye Greene all became members of the group during the mid-1970s. The Supremes disbanded in 1977 after 18 years.