“Finding and studying photographs from Texas - Houston, Austin, Corpus Christi - and Richmond, Virginia felt like time travel; I wondered what it would be like to stand on hallowed ground like Houston’s Emancipation Park or Austin’s Eastwoods Park and celebrate freedom with fellow Black folks.” FreedomResearchingAustin TexasHouston TexasCorpus ChristiEmancipation ParkArchival PhotographsRichmond Virginia Book:Compositions of Black Joy: A Visual Chronicle of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival Source: Compositions of Black Joy: A Visual Chronicle of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival