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The man on the Mabank bench first taught me that history isn’t past.
Juneteenth
Abbott Torpedoes Sickle-Cell Legislation on Juneteenth Weekend
Democratic State Representative Jarvis Johnson called the governor's veto "petty, bullshit politics."
A Visit to Galveston, the Birthplace of Juneteenth
Texas was the last state to receive the news that slavery had ended.
‘On Juneteenth’ Refuses Easy Answers About the Importance of People of Color to Texas History
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed offers a historical primer on the conditions that made Juneteenth a holiday and its importance to the nation.
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Juneteenth and the Myth of Texas’ Independence
'Tis the season to take a hard look at our epic history, and face some ugly truths.
In Mexia, Memories of a Violent Juneteenth
Mexia will forever be marked by the night that three boys died in the custody of three police officers, under circumstances that remain troubling to this day.