Annette Gordon-Reed Examines Juneteenth's Historical Roots and National Significance
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Irene Vázquez
Summary
Author Annette Gordon-Reed reflects on celebrating Juneteenth in Texas, offering a historical primer on the conditions that made Juneteenth a holiday and its importance to the nation. The article connects personal experience—gathering with her church in Houston—to the broader historical significance of the holiday, especially in the context of George Floyd's murder and renewed national attention on racial justice.
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· 3 pulledThis past summer, celebrating Juneteenth at home in Texas made me feel as though I was at the center of the world.
I never bothered explaining to folks from college what the holiday was—it was our thing.
After the police murder of Houston's own George Floyd, who grew up in the Third Ward, where my church is...
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