Sisters in SL Magazine June 2020

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Juneteenth

A Tradition Born Out of a Tragic Pa

Photo by PATRIC PRESTIGIOUS S

„Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day , Jubilee Day, Cel-Liberation Day or the Black Fourth of July, is an American holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865. ... Texas was the most remote of the slave states, and the Article Cover Photo by PATRICE VIR Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, was not PRESTIGIOUS STUDIOS SL enforced there until after the Civil War had ended. Article by Diamond Meness Illustrations by Fayah Rey, Rebellah A. D‘arcy 18

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