Tag Archives: Juneteenth
Now What?: Beyond Juneteenth
Saturday was Juneteenth, the 156th anniversary of Union soldiers making their way to Galveston, Texas and Major General Gordon Granger informing thousands of enslaved people that they were finally freed from their bondage. Two and a half years earlier, on … Continue reading
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Celebrating Black Creative Genius: Lonnie Holley
Amongst everything that’s been happening lately–though, of not unconnected from what’s been happening for centuries: continued pressure for racial equality in this country, finally, a national recognition of Juneteenth, the commemoration of one of the worst cases of white aggression … Continue reading
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