Juneteenth celebration shines light on Black businesses, artists in Cedar Rapids community

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Meisha Walker has been an artist for as long as she can remember. “I’ve been doing art projects my whole little life, but I’ve selling and doing painting classes for the past two years,” she said.

And in her art, depictions of Black culture is crucial.

“It’s extremely important as a person who goes back and tries to look down their past life and generations and not seeing that much, I want to make a stamp and this imprint in my life. I want to make sure…