Winedale Online Talk: “Juneteenth – A Celebration of Emancipation”
![Martha Yates Jones and Pinkie Yates in a buggy decorated for Juneteenth. Credit: The African American Lib., Gregory School](https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/c_crop,h_291,w_467,x_0,y_0/f_auto/q_auto:best/f_auto/q_auto:best/v1707502413/tenants/59d3d157-041f-4912-89f3-31ea88cf1a08/df8ee4e0789348cc8f2f3fd12a7f24b7/Martha-Yates.png)
Winedale Online Talk: “Juneteenth – A Celebration of Emancipation”
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM) (CST)
Description
Sharon Gillins, genealogist, and research associate at the Mary Moody Northern Endowment in Galveston, will recount the story of how freedom came to Texas more than 2 ½ years after the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation and the evolution of the celebrations that followed from 1865 to present day, including efforts to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday. This zoom talk will be on Tuesday, February 20th at noon. E-mail tricia.blakistone@austin.utexas.edu for the link to this talk.
Online
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)
(CST)
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