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In Honor of Juneteenth: 40+ Videos, Books, Resources & Reflections
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In Honor of Juneteenth: 40+ Videos, Books, Resources & Reflections

Black Lives Matter, Books, Culture, Featured, Health & Wellness

In Honor of Juneteenth: 40+ Videos, Books, Resources & Reflections

By deborah|2021-08-10T20:53:36-04:00June 19th, 2021|Categories: Black Lives Matter, Books, Culture, Featured, Health & Wellness|Tags: Juneteenth, juneteenth celebration, juneteenth history|

Juneteenth is considered Emancipation Day for African Americans. When I was growing up, I didn't learn about Juneteenth from my family or from history books. Fortunately, now, there is greater awareness of Juneteenth and much more information available. Now I know that Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the [...]

Reflections on Juneteenth and Hundreds of Ways to Support Black Businesses
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Reflections on Juneteenth and Hundreds of Ways to Support Black Businesses

Black Lives Matter, Business, Culture, Featured, Racism

Reflections on Juneteenth and Hundreds of Ways to Support Black Businesses

By deborah|2023-05-12T11:58:36-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: Black Lives Matter, Business, Culture, Featured, Racism|Tags: Black Lives Matter, emancipation, freedom, Juneteenth, racial equality, slavery|

"But, if this part of our history could be told in such a way that those chains of the past, those shackles that physically bound us together against our wills could, in the telling, become spiritual links that willingly bind us together now and into the future - then that painful Middle Passage could become, ironically, [...]