Chef Adrian Lipscombe knows how to tell a story on a plate.

At the James Beard House on Tuesday night, she and several other black chefs presented a delicious six-course meal to celebrate Juneteenth and honor the traditions of black American foodways.

Juneteenth, which is celebrated every year on June 19, commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. In Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger announced that all slaves were free, 2 1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. At the time, there were approximately 250,000 slaves in the state. More than 150 years later, Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. include parades, picnics and plenty of food. Juneteenth is not recognized as a national holiday, but the day has become more widely known in recent years. (The ABC sitcom Blackish dedicated an episode to the holiday in 2017. And in 2018, Apple added the date to its iCal app.)