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Quotes About Juneteenth

Words of Emancipation didn't arrive until the middle of June so they called it Juneteenth. So that was it, the night of Juneteenth celebration, his mind went on. The celebration of a gaudy illusion.
~ Ralph Ellison
Do you still call it 'Juneteenth,' Revern' Hickman? Is it still celebrated?
~ Ralph Ellison
The acknowledgement and celebration of Juneteenth as an American and possibly international holiday is something that I would put in the life goals column for me.
~ Kenya Barris
God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.
~ Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth
As we officially make Juneteenth a federal holiday, we continue our fight for true liberation.
~ Cori Bush