Juneteenth in Chicago: Celebrating history, continuing a struggle for freedoms

Michelle Duster — great-granddaughter of civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells, who led a crusade against lynching during the early 20th century — with a portrait of Wells in her home. Duster will speak at the Field Museum on Monday in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday. (AP)

This is only the second year Juneteenth has been marked as a federal holiday, with a three-day weekend and events across Chicago.

But it’s nothing new to many Black Chicagoans, who have been celebrating the holiday for years.