Across the U.S., some organizers of Juneteenth celebrations are facing challenges in securing funding and finding suitable event spaces.

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Cooking methods like barbecuing meats and deep-frying fish also date back to West Africa before the transatlantic slave trade. After Africans were brought to the U.S. through the slave trade, they ...