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Juneteenth — A Collage
Time to reflect, time to study
My grandmother, Hazel Lancaster, was born in Palestine, Texas. That side of my father’s family hails from the plantation-slave region of Texas. My grandmother attended Prarie View University, an HBCU and she is very Texas. I never once heard her mention “Juneteenth.”
My family didn’t bring Juneteenth to my attention but Juneteenth was a pretty big deal by the time I was a teenager anyway. People didn’t do much out of the ordinary but talked about it. They acknowledged the date. We knew the importance.
I am in the process of educating myself for years now on Juneteenth. I have always understood what it represented. I recently read Annette Gordon Reid’s book which she discusses below:
Last year, I watched the film, Miss Juneteenth. It is a pretty amazing film. By telling a story of a mother and daughter relationship, you come to understand culture, tradition, and history in Texas, and in particular, the importance of “Juneteenth.”
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