Bill Freeman June 19, 2025
The Hollowness of This Juneteenth
The holiday was always an implicit warning that what had been done could be done again.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/06/the-hollowness-of-this-juneteenth/683232/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fcYDY8WLdSSpEBVk7CaXoSA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Opinion | On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached (Published 2024)
The best way to think of the holiday is not as the moment Black people attained freedom but as a moment in the struggle to realize freedom.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.y9j7.ZOezSy7Gmi2r&smid=url-share
Black historians find ways to celebrate Juneteenth amid Tennessee crackdowns on DEI • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee has passed laws restricting teaching of diverse concepts but Black historians find ways to continue teaching about Juneteenth.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/19/black-historians-find-ways-to-celebrate-juneteenth-amid-tennessee-crackdowns-on-dei
June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)
Tomorrow is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free.
open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-18-2025-wednesday?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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