JUNETEENTH: Creating Legacy in Contested Places

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

We will examine the artful negotiations of formerly enslaved  African Americans and celebrate the persistent pursuit of freedom.

Registration for this event has closed. Please join us on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NewYorkPublicLibrary/videos?view=2&amp;flow=grid" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> to watch at 2 PM EDT on June 19, 2020.Join us as we examine the artful negotiations of African Americans in the aftermath of the Civil War and news of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation finally reaching enslaved people in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865. The date is historically known as Juneteenth, celebrating emancipation and a new dawn for African Americans. The program will include music from Rootstock Republic, premiering a new arrangement of &quot;Strange Fruit&quot; the seminal song, made famous by Billie Holiday; an engaging dialogue with Chef and Historian Therese Nelson, Dr. Andrea Roberts, founder of <a href="http://www.thetexasfreedomcoloniesproject.com/p/home.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Texas Freedom Colonies Project</a> and two descendants of Texas&#x27;s Freedom Colonies--Fred McCray, Dixie Community, Jasper County, Texas and Lareatha Clay, Shankleville Community, Newton County, Texas; and a celebration of Juneteenth through food with Chef and TV personality Carla Hall, author of Carla’s Comfort Food: Favorite Dishes from Around the World.This is presented in partnership with LIVE from NYPL. Registration for this event has closed. Please join us on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NewYorkPublicLibrary/videos?view=2&amp;flow=grid" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> to watch at 2 PM EDT on June 19, 2020.If you have any trouble viewing the event, please e-mail us: publicprograms@nypl.org

Photo: Stephenson, Mrs. Charles (Grace Murray). [Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900], photograph, June 19, 1900; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth124053/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.This program will be streamed on Zoom and simulcast to YouTube. You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. Please check your email shortly before the discussion to receive the link. Captions for this event will be provided.Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Christina Santi at christinasanti@nypl.org.PUBLIC NOTICE AND DISCLAIMERThis Program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave NYPL’s website and enter a website not operated by NYPL. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact with through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of <a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy#_ga=2.93591389.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NYPL's Privacy Policy</a> describing "Third-Party Library Services Providers" at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/privacy-policy</a>.During this Program, you will be using third-party platforms such as Zoom and YouTube, for the purpose of communication. This service may collect some personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, &amp; password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy, which can be found here: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US#_ga=2.59317997.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Google Privacy Policy</a>, <a href="https://zoom.us/privacy#_ga=2.59317997.1139486927.1592274552-1534508630.1592274552" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zoom Privacy Policy</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/about/policies/#community-guidelines" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> YouTube Privacy Policy.</a>

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