Current Conversations: Juneteenth with Artist, Beth P. Leigh

By Brit Guerin | May 23, 2021

June 19th is a historically significant day within the United States. The date commemorates the freeing of the slaves on June 19, 1865, TWO years AFTER President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Although Juneteenth generally acknowledges the last freeing of enslaved Blacks, slavery remained legal until 1866 and was practiced in Kentucky and…

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