2024-11-24T02:59:00-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150203392/juneteenth-and-the-villa-that-became-a-legend Sean Joyner 2021-06-19T15:18:00-04:00 >2024-06-20T19:04:54-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dd/ddbb2489ba169b2a3c287c433b16ebdd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Juneteenth is perhaps the oldest holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. In our recent time, many have begun to focus more deeply on the heritage and experience of Black people in the United States. A much needed shift, but for years, the Black community has been celebrating Juneteenth, remembering the jubilant day millions of oppressed people&rsquo;s freedom was solidified, celebrating and acknowledging the dignity of our fellow men and women.&nbsp;</p> <p>Civil Rights have been a crucial part of American history, and maybe more appropriately, we should say Human Rights, as the two are inextricably intertwined. As architects and designers, the recognition of every human being&rsquo;s intrinsic value and worth are categorically unavoidable to our duties as facilitators and builders of spatial human experiences. But, with all that aside, what does Juneteenth have to do with architecture? Really, it doesn&rsquo;t have anything to do with it. But, the culminating event that established this his...</p>