Description
This class will explore, from a historical perspective, the political and military origins of Juneteenth, America’s newest holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day which enslaved people of African descent learned of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end to slavery on June 19th, 1865. The class will focus on the political and military situation during the American Civil War (1861-1865) which produced the Emancipation Proclamation and eventually ended slavery in America.
