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Weekly Spotlight, June 19, 2020

As we approach the Juneteenth Celebration, we encourage you to take a few minutes to read “What is Juneteenth” by Henry Louis Gates Jr.. This article describes how Juneteenth has become “the most popular annual celebration of emancipation from slavery in the United States.” 

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/

Weekly Spotlights

  • Big Read
  • Black History Bowl
  • The Mountain Top
  • Driving the Green Book
  • Lincoln Colored Home
  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Frederick Douglass
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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  • Virtual Fundraiser 2020
  • Voter Registration Initiative
  • Books by Vandella Brown
  • Tip Your Hat to the Negro Baseball League
  • Juneteenth
  • “Lessons from a Third Grade Dropout” by Dr. Rick Rigsby
  • Readings by Nell Clay
  • African American Inventors
  • Last Known Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • Words of Inspiration, slideshow by Kevia Maloney
  • African American Firsts
  • The Negro Baseball League
  • Year in Review, slideshow

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