officerripley
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Article: How 97-Year-Old Activist Opal Lee Became the “Grandmother of Juneteenth”
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officerripley
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Some more information on Juneteenth, an article by W. Caleb McDaniel, a 19th Cent./Civil War era historian at Rice University (kind of long read but very informative and interesting):
The First Juneteenth in Houston – W. Caleb McDaniel
The First Juneteenth in Houston – W. Caleb McDaniel
OneEyedDiva
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Thank you for these articles Officer. I meant to post about Juneteenth yesterday. There have been celebrations here starting a week ago and will end tomorrow (Saturday) My Honorary Son #3 was a quest speaker at the first one. Schools and many businesses were closed in our city and the next town; maybe across the state. The credit union was closed...don't know about banks. PSEG utilities was closed as well. I'm glad to see this important event in history being celebrated.