...Patterson. Juneteenth "is another day of freedom, of liberty." "They wanted to get those cotton crops in," said James Paige. "And I don't agree with it, but I understand it." Celebration of the holiday began in 1866 and soon spread to...

...change." Claudia Brown-Paige, 60, and her husband, James Paige, 66, know about change. They are the only Black Awareness...that, we just started doing it every year." Although James Paige believes the celebration of black history shouldn't...