To strike a major blow against an unrelenting South, further disrupt its economy and inspire the slave population to rise against their enslavers, President Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation and reframed the Civil War as “a war against slavery”.
But Freedom never comes from just a single occurrence and is rarely one-and-done. Other truths must be folded into our emancipation story, and in this thoughtful presentation of those other truths “Beyond Juneteenth” provides context and insight about the establishment of the foundation for the freedoms we enjoy
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