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In Your Opinion: Juneteenth Celebration Must Be On Actual Day


By Jasmin Harrison, Braun Wright, Ta-leia Newsom, and Yasmin St Rose.

We greet you in the name of the Most High and our honored Ancestors.

“This is for the people in general, and Black people in particular.”

There is an amassing devastation that the Black community faces, that the world bears witness to on a daily basis. A devastation that has sparked an outcry from all walks of life for justice and equality. From the horrific chokehold of George Floyd, to the senseless murder of Breonna Taylor, and the recent passing of a Civil Rights icon, the Honorable Congressman John Robert Lewis, it is safe to say that 2020 is not only another year of losses for our community but a year of intense protest and change.

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