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June 16, 2024 Rev. Cecil Prescod - Juneteenth: A Call for Persistence in the Struggle for Freedom
Freedom is an ongoing struggle that, when achieved for some, must be protected and extended to all oppressed. Juneteenth recalls our nation’s embrace and expansion of chattel slavery of Africans, the centuries-long struggles for the abolition of slavery, and the pernicious grasp that racism and oppression continue to have on our country, as demonstrated by the years it took for all enslaved black people to be granted the status of freedom. Juneteenth is thus a commemoration and a commitment to the ongoing freedom struggle.
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