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Juneteenth Is an Act of Bravery

Notes from America with Kai Wright

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The Importance of Freedom in Texas

This is our Middle Passage marker where General Gordon Granger and the Union troops would have arrived. I'm an eighth generation Texan, so my family goes back to 1837. We actually know where the first free man in our family was born. My dad, Professor Juneteenth, he has been grilling his children on Juneteenth since we were children. Making sure that we know about Juneteenth and we tell the story we don't shy away from it is truly incredible.

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