Artists participate in an exhibit at Brookhaven Town Hall while celebrating Juneteenth, the national holiday marking the day more than 150 years ago when slaves in Texas learned they were free and that slavery in the United States had ended.   Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca

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