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Roswell City Councilman Will Morthland and Roswell City Councilwoman Lee Hills stand with members of the Atlanta nonprofit African Americans for the Arts at the opening reception of its Juneteenth-themed art exhibit “Our Freedom” at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center June 14. AAFTA President Jeannette Barnett held the city’s proclamation recognizing Juneteenth, a federal holiday that recognizes the emancipation of the country’s enslaved African Americans.
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Roswell partners with Atlanta group for Juneteenth-themed art exhibit By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Jeannette Barnett, president of African Americans for the Arts, said she creates art to impart history lessons to newer generations who may not know them. One of her pieces, a portrait of Shirley Chisholm in pen and ink, hangs in the lobby of the Roswell
Cultural Arts Center. In 1968, Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. “I really try to offer inspiration to people about what has been done and what can be done,” Barnett said. “... I’m really trying to recreate and retell the story so that we don’t forget about these people.” For the first time, the City of
Roswell partnered with African Americans for the Arts, an Atlanta nonprofit, for an exhibit that speaks to the importance of Juneteenth, a federal holiday recognizing the emancipation of the country’s enslaved population. In the past, the nonprofit has participated in the juried art exhibit
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