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Texas’ Long Celebration of Juneteenth

On June 18, 2021, President Joseph Biden signed legislation that made “Juneteenth,” the commemoration of the event on June

African American history has always been a communal act. From its inception in the nineteenth century, Black men and women,

“This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study