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#emancipationday — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Gay Curmudgeon @[email protected] ·

    We kept the Juneteenth flag flying all weekend. One day is not long enough to celebrate a holiday. #juneteenth #celebrate #history #holiday #celebration #liberation #freedom #freedomforall #murica #patriotic #patriotism #patriots #flags #celebratory #blackhistory #freedom #freedomday #jubilee #jubileeday #emancipation #emancipationday #civilrights #equality #yucca #yuccas #june #summer #summerholiday #summerholidays

    #juneteenth #celebrate #history #holiday #celebration #liberation
  2. Paria sans portefeuille @[email protected] ·

    "There are records of people being whipped for celebrating and being threatened for celebrating. And even outside the context of celebrations, there was retaliation against the Freedmen [..] There was a lot of hope in the middle of a lot of hostility."

    Historian #AnnetteGordonReed, author of #OnJuneteenth

    kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-p
    #Juneteenth #OTD #EmancipationDay #Emancipation #BlackHistory #UShistory #AmericanHistory #TexasHistory #BlackTexas #books @bookstodon

    #annettegordonreed #onjuneteenth #juneteenth #otd #emancipationday #emancipation