"There are records of people being whipped for celebrating and being threatened for celebrating. And even outside the context of celebrations, there was retaliation against the Freedmen [..] There was a lot of hope in the middle of a lot of hostility."
Historian #AnnetteGordonReed, author of #OnJuneteenth
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/kpfa-letters-and/on-juneteenth-a-conversation-gqfUEyBQ1Xu/
#Juneteenth #Juneteenth2024 #EmancipationDay #Emancipation #BlackHistory #UShistory #AmericanHistory #TexasHistory #BlackTexas #books
