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Join Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson for a presentation that will explain the history of Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war was over and the enslaved were now, finally, free. The news was delivered almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation and the passing of the 13th Amendment! The talk will explore the various ways Black communities have created traditions, parades and recipes, and cultivated the joy of emancipation and freedom. Juneteenth is a holiday all Americans should celebrate by acknowledging the pain and harm of slavery while also celebrating the joy and jubilee of freedom.

Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson is the co-editor of Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, & Memory and an associate professor in the department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College.

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