The museum’s inaugural commemoration of Juneteenth is part an effort to more accurately portray the people of 19th-century western New York.
Juneteenth
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BlackOut Summer Series focuses on the fight for full freedom
Kicking off on Juneteenth, a trilogy of community conversations presented by At The Crossroads tackles enduring, systemic racism.
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Calendar preview: No pause on what matters
In response to injustice, many events are on hold as we reflect. Still, there is no pause on what matters. Black Lives Matter.
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Black events need support
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865, that Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a […]
