Queering Juneteenth: Celebrating the Legacy of Black LGBTQIA+ Freedom Fighters with Rev. Terence Mayo | A CLGS African American Roundtable Event

3 days ago by Rev. Terence L. Mayo

Click here for a video recording of this CLGS African American Roundtable workshop! We invite you to view a recording of this engaging and enlightening virtual workshop offered by the CLGS African American Roundtable. This workshop honors the intersection of Black and LGBTQ+ identities through the lens of Juneteenth, a day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved […]

52 Ways #24: Celebrate Juneteenth!

14 June 2024

On 19 June 1865 Union General Gordon Granger proclaimed in Galveston, Texas, the federal government’s decree that all previously-enslaved people in Texas were free; this proclamation was read over two and a half years after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been signed by President Abraham Lincoln on 1 January 1863. It is […]