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Celebrating Juneteenth Across the Levitt Network and Beyond
Categories:Blog
Posted OnJune 16, 2022
bySabrina Skacan
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” Malcom X This Sunday, June 19, marks the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States: Juneteenth. This federal holiday marks the day in 1865 when enslaved Blacks in Galveston, Texas finally…