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A Message on the Significance of Juneteenth From Kenneth Holmes

A Message on the Significance of Juneteenth From Kenneth Holmes

Kenneth Holmes, senior vice provost for student life at UNH, reflects on the significance of Juneteenth. Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865... Read More

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