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Black surfers mark Juneteenth liberation with paddle-out at Santa Cruz beach
For only the sixth time, dozens of black surfers streamed off a Santa Cruz beach Friday to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday with a traditional ocean ceremony called a paddle out. The event at Cowell Beach celebrated the announcement of slavery’s end while also paying homage to those viewed as oppressed or marginalized. The ceremony was […] The post Black surfers mark Juneteenth liberation with paddle-out at Santa Cruz beach appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Black surfers mark Juneteenth liberation with paddle-out at Santa Cruz beach, For only the sixth time, dozens of black surfers streamed off a Santa Cruz beach Friday to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday with a traditional ocean ceremony called a paddle out. The event at Cowell Beach celebrated the announcement of slavery’s end while also paying homage to those viewed as oppressed or marginalized. The ceremony was […] The post Black surfers mark Juneteenth liberation with paddle-out at Santa Cruz beach appeared first on Local News Matters .
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