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2021 BFSA Juneteenth Observance
The University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association, BFSA, will have a virtual 2021 Juneteenth Observance. Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth) also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day– is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Galveston, Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. It is commemorated on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865 announcement by Union Army General Gordon Granger, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas.
We have confirmed Dr. Reynaldo Anderson, who will give a presentation on Re-Envisioning Freedom through Afro-futurism, Dr. Cynthia Gooch Grayson, who will present Juneteenth & Genealogy: The Exploration of the Black Family, Marvin E. Adams, UA Student Poet, and, Ms. Opal Lee, Juneteenth Activist and Advoca ....

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