Name: Juneteenth Virtual Celebration
Start: 2020-06-19T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-06-19T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Juneteenth Virtual Celebration

Campaign to Celebrate ALTHEA

On this June 19th, six leading Black museums and historical institutions from coast to coast will join forces to launch BLKFREEDOM.org, a digital commemoration of Juneteenth, the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was officially enforced, ending enslavement in Texas. BLKFREEDOM.org will air an original video presentation featuring appearances from Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first African American and first historian to serve as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole, anthropologist, educator, museum director, and the first female African American president of Spelman College, and the Honorable Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library. The program will premiere at 12:00PM EST/11:00AM CST/ 9:00AM/PST on June 19th, 2020. BLKFREEDOM.org is a combined effort between: -Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit, MI) -Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park (Hilton Head Island, SC) -Northwest African American Museum(Seattle, WA) -Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater Cultural Arts Complex (Miami, FL) -National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH) -National Civil Rights Museum(Memphis, TN) Through educational content, artistic performances, and shareable discussion prompts, this collaborative program will explore the meaning and relevance of “freedom”, “justice” and “democracy” in Black American life, from a historical and contemporary framework. To learn more and subscribe for updates, visit blkfreedom.org.

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