Join Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson for a presentation that will explain the history of Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war was over and the enslaved were now, finally, free.  Dr. Carter Jackson will give an overview of the history and explore the various ways Black communities have created traditions, parades, recipes and cultivated the joy of emancipation and freedom. Juneteenth is a holiday all Americans should celebrate by acknowledging the pain and harm of slavery while also celebrating the joy and jubilee of freedom.

Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson is the co-editor of Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, & Memory and an associate professor in the department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College.

This program is in partnership with Belmont Public Library.

Registration is required for this virtual event.