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It's #JUNETEENTH2020 
and Black scholars, writers, and activists are providing so much wonderful context for this important holiday. Here is a thread of the articles, threads, and podcasts out today (plus a few terrific older ones worth revisiting) 1/
and Black scholars, writers, and activists are providing so much wonderful context for this important holiday. Here is a thread of the articles, threads, and podcasts out today (plus a few terrific older ones worth revisiting) 1/
No better place to start than this deeply personal reflection on celebrating #Juneteenth by @agordonreed: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/growing-up-with-juneteenth?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned
by @agordonreed: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/growing-up-with-juneteenth?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned
An incredibly moving essay by @marthasjones_ on how "naming is one essence of freedom" as part of the @nytimes section on #JUNETEENTH2020 : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/style/self-care/sojourner-truth-harriet-tubman-slavery-names.html 3/
: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/style/self-care/sojourner-truth-harriet-tubman-slavery-names.html 3/
Also in the @nytimes, @jbouie argues for the importance of #Juneteenth as, "an occasion to reflect on the profound contributions of enslaved black Americans to the cause of human freedom" (& drawing on the work of @ProfMSinha & @marthasjones_ & others) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-slavery-freedom.html
as, "an occasion to reflect on the profound contributions of enslaved black Americans to the cause of human freedom" (& drawing on the work of @ProfMSinha & @marthasjones_ & others) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-slavery-freedom.html
. @jbouie's classic piece on #Juneteenth from 2014 in @Slate is also one of my favorite arguments for why it should be a national holiday: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/06/juneteenth-the-black-american-holiday-history.html /5
from 2014 in @Slate is also one of my favorite arguments for why it should be a national holiday: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/06/juneteenth-the-black-american-holiday-history.html /5
The @USNatArchives has found what they believe to be the original #Juneteenth order (worth going to the original source!) and the @washingtonpost covers it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/18/juneteenth-celebration-george-floyd-protests/ /6
order (worth going to the original source!) and the @washingtonpost covers it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/18/juneteenth-celebration-george-floyd-protests/ /6
This interview with @PenielJoseph is a wonderful explanation of how celebrating #Juneteenth as a national holiday gives us a "springboard" to have a conversation about racism, past and present: https://www.kut.org/post/juneteenth-holiday-would-offer-us-chance-move-forward-confronting-racial-past-scholar-says 7/
as a national holiday gives us a "springboard" to have a conversation about racism, past and present: https://www.kut.org/post/juneteenth-holiday-would-offer-us-chance-move-forward-confronting-racial-past-scholar-says 7/
. @DainaRameyBerry helps us sort through what #Juneteenth means for freedom today in today's episode of The Daily with @mikiebarb: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/podcasts/the-daily/juneteenth-emancipation-day-black-lives-matter.html 8/
means for freedom today in today's episode of The Daily with @mikiebarb: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/podcasts/the-daily/juneteenth-emancipation-day-black-lives-matter.html 8/
A quick (7-min) and useful explanation of #Juneteenth to send to friends and family on @NPR featuring @DainaRameyBerry & Hannibal B. Johnson: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/880754362/what-is-juneteenth-historians-explain-the-holidays-importance?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social 9/
to send to friends and family on @NPR featuring @DainaRameyBerry & Hannibal B. Johnson: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/880754362/what-is-juneteenth-historians-explain-the-holidays-importance?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social 9/
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/880754362/what-is-juneteenth-historians-explain-the-holidays-importance?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
This short thread by @nhannahjones on how enslaved people emancipated themselves is an important reminder of the Civil War context in which #Juneteenth became possible: https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1273938522454593543?s=20 10/
became possible: https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1273938522454593543?s=20 10/
