Shirley Caesar, The Walls Group Confirmed For ‘Emancipation Celebration’ On June 8th

On June 8th, the NIA Cultural Center will present the 2025 Emancipation Celebration, which is essentially a commemoration of the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth.

As this is the gospel edition, it will feature Pastor Shirley Caesar, Houston Mass Choir, and The Walls Group. This year’s Emancipation Celebration will be held at The Grand 1894 Opera House, located at 2020 Postoffice Street in Galveston, Texas. Running time is 4-7pm.

For those not in the know, Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, the date that African Americans in some parts of the U.S. finally learned that slavery had been abolished.