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Juneteenth Organizer Sues Columbus

The organizer of the annual Juneteenth Festival is taking the city to federal court, claiming officials discriminated against the African-American community by stopping the festival last year after a child was shot.The city is also accused in a lawsuit filed by Mustafaa Shabazz of denying a permit for the 2014 festival. City officials have declined comment on the suit. The Columbus Recreation and Parks department says Shabazz has not filed a permit application for the festival.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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