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Juneteenth: Freedom Day with Dr. Joyce-Zoe Farley

June 16, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dr. Joyce-Zoe Farley will share the history of Juneteenth from the Emancipation Proclamation to Governor Ivey’s recognition of Juneteenth as Freedom Day, to the current efforts to get it declared a national holiday.
Dr. Farley is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Public History and African American Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has dual appointments in the History department and the African American Studies Program.

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Date:
June 16, 2022
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm