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When: Thu, June 16, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Description:
This lecture will help with those attending better understand the history and importance of Juneteenth. Its goal is to increases understanding and unity concerning the impact of slavery on not just African Americans but all Americans and the historic efforts required to abolish it. Through the presentation It hopes to explain why the celebration brings a strong sense of pride about the commitment that African Americans have made to the betterment of their lives and that of for their children, grandchildren and all past and future generations. The presentation will also draw attention to slavery in North Carolina and the over 5,000 African Americans, whites and Native Americans that fought to end slavery and create a better life for themselves and all the people of the state of North Carolina after the Civil War.
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