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Steve Inskeep
NPRinskeep
Internal @NPR email: "Next year, in 2021, Juneteenth will be an official NPR paid holiday." This is a really meaningful act by my @NPR colleagues. When people built Confederate statues,
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Bloomberg Government
bloomberggov
#Juneteenth : a threadPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, at what is now the Emancipation Oak located on the campus of @_HamptonU. 1/4 It would
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Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” - Fannie Lou Hamer #Juneteenth | #BlackLivesMatter A few local musicians and businesses to support today - and every day. Support. Educate.
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Moiya McTier
GoAstroMo
This Friday is #JUNETEENTH2020 (learn more here: https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm )Some people like to say that 246 years of slavery wasn’t that long, so last year I gave a talk that put the
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zei
icaruscanyon
learn more about juneteenth - a thread pls read and educate yourselves
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Ibram X. Kendi
DrIbram
In 1865, Black people all over the South were saying this Union officials: Do not abolish slavery and leave us landless and disenfranchised. Do not force us towork for our
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National Geographic
NatGeo
Americans are celebrating #Juneteenth today, but what exactly does the day signify? 1/10 #Juneteenth is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
NeilLewisJr
1/5. I have a lot of thoughts on effects of racism on scientists, the scientific enterprise, and the future of the scientific workforce. I shared some of those thoughts in
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Matt McCumber
MDM2582
I’ll be honest, prior to 2013, I had very little knowledge of Juneteenth or what it stood for. Enter, Dave Baker. Dave was the Head Baseball Coach at KState &
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Tracy Deonn 💙⚔️♥️
tracydeonn
I'm glad people/companies are recognizing Juneteenth, but please don't reduce it to "when slaves were freed in Texas." June 19th, 1865 was when a Union general announced that the last
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National Bail Fund Network
bailfundnetwork
In recognition of #Juneteenth as a day that honors Black freedom & Black resistance, community bail funds across the country freed 100s from jails. The struggle for liberation continues
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Rob Levin
roblevin
I grew up in Atlanta, often referred to as "the cradle of the civil rights movement." Thanks to busing programs, I went to school with people who didn't look exactly
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Professor Wright
Savion
The fact that white people think the Civil Rights Movement was just Rosa Parks sitting quietly and MLK peacefully protesting is proof that the American education system is rooted in
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Shelby Ivey Christie
bronze_bombSHEL
Thread in light of #Juneteenth Post civil war/early 20th century black style is not something we see often.Harriet Tubman's great-nieces Eva Katherine Stewart Northup + Alida Maud Stewart. Harriet
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D.
dkillaa_
chicago goin tf up for juneteenth, block parties, parades, jubilees and alll on juneteenth we celebrate US!
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Jeremy Ebobisse
kingjebo
It is imperative that we speak candidly about the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth as many continue to relearn our history. While Lincoln ultimately made strides in the advancement of Blacks,
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