REMEMBERING JUNETEENTH
“When peace come they read the ’Mancipation law to the cullud people. [The freed slaves] spent that night singin’ and shoutin’. They wasn’t slaves no more.” – Former slave Pierce Harper, 1937 June 2024, New York, NY…, Juneteenth is also known as “Freedom Day,” “Juneteenth National Independence Day,” or “Emancipation Day,” and will be celebrated on…