Tag: black-history
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Happy Juneteenth National Independence Day!
Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. On June 19th in 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the Civil War had ended and that all enslaved people were now free—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom,…
The Faculty Association of Monmouth University 