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The Story of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a celebration that honors the end of slavery in the United States, and formally marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all slaves were finally free. Their arrival came two and a half years after the signing of the

Black Women, A Celebration of Being

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 9:00 AM by Visit Mobile

In a post-inauguration interview with CNN, poet, former classmate, and friend Amanda Gorman shared her pre-reading mantra: “I am the daughter of Black writers. We are descended from freedom fighters who broke through chains and changed the world. They call me.”

For many of us Black women,