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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.