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PHOENIX<\/strong> – As Phoenix residents prepare to celebrate Juneteenth, a hidden pocket of central Phoenix is stepping into the spotlight to showcase heritage and economic empowerment.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n According to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture<\/a>, the roots of Juneteenth can be tracked back to June 19, 1865, when Union troops in Texas officially announced that enslaved people in Texas have been freed.<\/p>\n “Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later,” read a portion of the website.<\/p>\n Big picture view:<\/p>\n “The Black Row” is a vibrant stretch of 10 black-owned businesses on Indian School Road.<\/p>\n “Between 8th and 10th Street in Indian School, there are 10 black-owned businesses that are nestled in here that most people don’t know about,” said Tina Marie.<\/p>\n Marie owns three concepts in the area, including Thrift Stories Boutique, one of Arizona’s very few black-owned thrift shops.<\/p>\n “There is this misperception that sometimes, we want support because we’re black, not we want support because businesses are our passion. They’re our legacy,” she said.<\/p>\n Just doors down from Marie, Bruce Ijirigo and his wife have operated African Fashions and More since 2012.<\/p>\n “We have everything African in this shop. Everything African, including the clothes, the beads, the.. everything that you need to dress up as an African,” Ijirigo said.<\/p>\n To commemorate the holiday, these businesses are opening their doors with a clever nod to the historic date, June 19. Shops are offering special promotional deals priced at exactly $6.19. At Ace of Fades 2, a neighborhood staple for seven years, they are pairing the celebration with Father’s Day.<\/p>\n “Any fathers out there, being as though that Father’s Day is on Sunday. Any fathers that have a kid, man, bring them down. $6.19. You can’t beat that, y’all. $6.19 for Juneteenth,” Drakkar Wright said.<\/p>\n From barbershops and boutiques to Caribbean and Ethiopian cuisine, owners say the goal is to turn a one-day celebration into long-term generational wealth.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this report was gathered from Tina Marie, Bruce Ijirigo, Drakkar Wright, and business owners.<\/p>\n Phoenix<\/a>Equity and Inclusion<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – As Phoenix residents prepare to celebrate Juneteenth, a hidden pocket of central Phoenix is stepping into…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":877221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,234252,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-877220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-equity-inclusion","tag-maricopa-county","tag-news","tag-phoenix","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116774352355974025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}