Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Charlotte Shaw of First Church of God in Christ performs "The Black Prayer" during Juneteenth festivities Saturday at Potter Park.
CLOVIS - On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states, "are, and henceforward shall be free."
However - and as Juneteenth speaker Veda Erv...
