Profesor and author David Ponton gives a talk on Juneteenth and Pride in Tampa, Florida on Sunday, June 15, 2025. He’s pictured here with his book “Houston and the Permanence of Segregation: An Afropessimist Approach to Urban History.” Credit: Screenshot via Professing David/YouTube

A Sulphur Springs museum talk brings out the red, yellow and green in the rainbow next week.

Dr. David Ponton, associate professor at University of South Florida’s School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, gives a presentation on Black love and freedom in the intersection of Juneteenth (the moment formerly enslaved people learned they were emancipated) and Pride (celebrating the fight for LGBTQ+ equality).

Though “freedom” did not mean the end of oppression post-Civil War, Ponton will discuss the freedoms that could never be taken away from Black people—spiritual and romantic love of themselves and others, and the freedom of resistance.

There is no cover for “Juneteenth, Pride, Freedom,” happening Sunday, June 15 at Mann-Wagnon Park in Tampa.

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