Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer. We invite local photographers to share their photographs here. Please include a description/caption and an indication of who is to be credited.
Panel on Black fatherhood at the Amherst Cinema. Part of their commemoration of Juneteenth, 2023. (L_R). Paul Wiley, Stefan Bradley, Sid Ferreira, Nigel Greaves. Photo: Jena Schwartz
Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker, speaking at the Art Gallery in the Mill District’s General Store, explaining that the Statue of Liberty was designed to “celebrate and remember the enslaved American blacks” (from Whitaker’s “Juneteenth 2023 Educational Pamphlet”). Years later, in 1903, Emma Lazarus’s New Colossus poem, including “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses”, was inscribed on the statue. Photo: Kitty Axleson-Berry
Jacqui Wallace leads the Amherst Area Gospel Choir at a Juneteenth celebration at the Amherst Women’s Club. Photo: Jennifer Taub
Kamal Ali, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies addresses a full room at the Amherst Women’s Club as part of the town’s Juneteenth 2023 celebrations. Photo: Jennifer Taub.
ReBelles performed in late afternoon on Town Common at the Third Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, reminding people that every bteath they take can support peace and well-being for all on earth. Photo: Kitty Axelson-Berry
Dialogue at the Third Annual Junteenth Jubilee on the Town Common on June 19, 2023. Photo: Kitty Axelson-Berry
Professor Amilcar Shabazz greets the crowd at the Juneteenth Jamboree at Mill River Recreation Area. Photo: Art Keene
Ed Cage works the grill at the Juneteenth Jamboree on June 19, 2023 at Mill River Recreation Area, Amherst. Photo: Marita Banda
Drum circle at the Juneteenth Jamboree at Mill River Recreation Area, June 19, 2023. Photo: Annique Boomsma
Drumming at the Juneteenth Jamboree at Mill River Recreations Area, 2023. Photo: Vira Cage
