Flipboard on Nostr: Today is Juneteenth. Michelle Garcia, Editorial Director of NBCBLK, curated ...

Today is Juneteenth. Michelle Garcia, Editorial Director of NBCBLK, curated Flipboard's Good Life newsletter this week. She chose a range of stories about the past and present of Juneteenth, including a look at the "Harriet Tubman of Texas," the commercialization of the holiday, and the work that still remains. "Now that it's a federal holiday, part of figuring out how to mark the day as a nation comes with educating the public about it," writes Garcia. Here's her Storyboard.

https://flipboard.com/@nbcnews/juneteenth-then-and-now-nhtvj2l9ml2ivjsq

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