(RNS) — The songs sung at this Friday night Sabbath service included the traditional, “Lecha Dodi,” as well as “Wade in the Water.” The musical instruments used were a guitar and an African drum. This pioneering service marking Juneteenth — the day (June 19) in 1985 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to deliver the message the Civil War was over and the enslaved were free — was a first in many ways. Held at the Distillery of Modern Art, an event space 18 miles north of downtown Atlanta that also serves as a gallery and cocktail...
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