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Celebrate Juneteenth By Keeping Our Promises to Black Farmers

2021-06-19 05:17:50| National Farmers Union

By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Director Until recently, Juneteenth has been celebrated only in certain Black communities, with barbecues, parades, rodeos, and other festivities. A portmanteau of June and nineteenth, the holiday marks the day that the final enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were freed following the Emancipation Proclamation ญญ undoubtedly an event worth remembering. […]

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