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Juneteenth

The holiday.

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Jennifer Julien Gaskin
Jun 17, 2022
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” — Toni Morrison

The federal Juneteenth holiday was enacted by President Joseph Biden on June 17, 2021 following more than a year of civic unrest following the murder of George Floyd. We marched in the streets. We painted streets. We screa…

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