This year, Father's Day falls on Juneteenth. It commemorates when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they were free.
EAST ORANGE, New Jersey -- This year, Juneteenth and Father's Day fall on the same day making it an especially meaningful day for some.
He attended a wellness workshop in East Orange meant to uplift dads and sons just in time for Father's Day. According to Dr. Lena Green, executive director of the Hope Center, society expects Black fathers to be absent -- a narrative she says stems from forced family separation during slavery. The number of Black and Brown fathers Dr. Green has seen at the Hope Mental Health Center in Harlem has tripled over the last few years.The same could be said for newly freed Black fathers, according to the Reverend Mark Tyler, of the Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia.
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