Juneteenth!

J -- Juneteenth represents the joy of freedom--the chance for a new beginning.

U -- Unless we expose the truth about the African-American slave experience, Americans won't be truly free.

N -- Never must we forget our ancestors' endurance of one of the worst slave experiences in human history.

E -- Every American has benefitted from the wealth blacks created through over 200 years of free labor and Juneteenth allows us to acknowledge that debt.

T -- To encourage every former slave-holding state to follow Texas' (and Oklahoma's) example and make Juneteenth a state holiday.

E -- Everyday in america, blacks are reminded of the legacy of slavery. Juneteenth counters that by reminding us of the promise of deliverance.

E -- Even on the journey to discover who we are, Juneteenth allows us to reflect on where we've been, where we're at and where we're going as a people.

N -- Never give up hope is the legacy our enslaved ancestors left. It was this legacy that produced black heroism in the Civil War and helped launch the modern civil rights era. It is this legacy we celebrate.

T -- To proclaim for all the world to hear, that human rights must never again become subservient to property rights.

H -- History books have only told a small part of the story; Juneteenth gives us a chance to set the record straight.

http://www.njclc.com/njclchistory.html

What a great celebration, yay!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6224538.stm

Well that could have happened at a farmer's market. Has nothing to do with the holiday.

It's today! This is Rufus's mom Maria posting as him. Maybe I'm a sap but I get teary-eyed when I read the words "jubilation" and "emancipation" and "free at last, free at last." I decorated the record store window for it.

RUFUS!!

LESS RACISM, MORE RUFUS

It's today

What is the traditional way to celebrate this auspicious day?

Reading Paula Deen for filth.

Thus

https://twitter.com/djbrainchild/status/347404444658442240

http://www.juneteenth.com/worldwide.htm

Alas, this list of events in all the US states is only useful if you can go back in time to 2011

http://www.galvestondailynews.com/lifestyle/leisure/article_8f142b4e-d899-11e2-9800-001a4bcf6878.html

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130619/NEWS01/706199949

So they read the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas this morning.

by chance, was reading 'lincoln's hundred days' by louis masur -- about the 100 days leading up to the release of the proclamation -- while waiting for my car to be worked on this morning. a terrific read.

anyone here read the "novel" "by" ellison? I love invisible man. Is it one of the good unfinished works?

quotation marks fully justified. it's a mess and a fake.

WHITE CO-WORKER: "And then I noticed there was hardly any traffic on the road. Then I remembered, it was Juneteenth!"

ME: "Yeah! Federal holiday and everything now."

WCW: "But you know, too bad it's not for us..."

ME: ...

ME: "I don't know about that? I mean, we're all Americans."

WCW: ...

WCW: "I mean, we're not bankers or postal workers, Plains."

I sincerely hope your WCW was thinking in this vein: FASTER YOU FUCKERS - The ILX Work & Productivity Thread, bcz if not that was a regrettable exchange.

Overheard a confused woman at the grocery store who couldn't figure out why she was going to a June 10th barbecue when it was almost the 20th.