Juneteenth
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History of the celebration by historian Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-18-2025-wednesdayI confess I had never heard of it before 5-10 years ago. It's amazing how ignorant I have been for someone who considers herself well educated.
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History of the celebration by historian Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-18-2025-wednesdayI confess I had never heard of it before 5-10 years ago. It's amazing how ignorant I have been for someone who considers herself well educated.
@rustyfingers said in Juneteenth:
I confess I had never heard of it before 5-10 years ago. It's amazing how ignorant I have been for someone who considers herself well educated.
Same here. The Tulsa race massacre was another piece of history that I was completely unaware of until fairly recently.
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Same
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Then there's this...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/politics/trump-non-working-holidays-juneteenth
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