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Juneteenth is America’s vital new national holiday that marks the end of slavery, and its legacy continues to influence our understanding of freedom and our fight for racial justice today. ANNETTE GORDON-REED, MacArthur Genius and the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize for History, is one of the integral voices who brought Juneteenth into the national conversation. Her New York Times bestselling book about this profound day—On Juneteenth—is a powerful, essential work of history that weaves together America’s past with personal memoir. In this event cosponsored by the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, Juneteenth Inc, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Gordon-Reed draws on her book to show us how we can learn from the past and keep striving for progress together.
This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL 62701-1004, United States,Springfield, Illinois
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