
News & Politics
June 16, 2022
After 41 Years of Tragedy, Disrepair, and Disease, Juneteenth Is Back at Comanche Crossing
The most dynamic freedom celebration in Texas, begun in the nineteenth century, returns to life.
The most dynamic freedom celebration in Texas, begun in the nineteenth century, returns to life.
Reader letters published in our November 2021 issue.
In 1981 three Black teenagers drowned while in law enforcement custody during a Juneteenth gathering at Lake Mexia. Four decades later, Texas’s proudest Emancipation Day celebration still hasn’t recovered.
How did Vickie Smith, waitress from Mexia, become Anna Nicole Smith, world-famous face? It’s anyone’s Guess?