304 Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
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English - June 08, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 74.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin history benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education ushistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Juneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make Juneteenth a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States has gained momentum.
What do we know about Juneteenth and its origins?
Annette Gordon-Reed, an award-winning historian at Harvard University and Harvard Law School, is a native Texan and she joins us to discuss the early history of Texas and the origins of the Juneteenth holiday with details from her book, On Juneteenth.
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