“This Juneteenth, we must acknowledge both the wins we have achieved and the winds that propel us forward,” writes Marcus Anthony Hunter.

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the US. This federal holiday, officially recognized in 2021, marks the 1865 arrival of Union troops in…

“This Juneteenth, we must acknowledge both the wins we have achieved and the winds that propel us forward,” writes Marcus Anthony Hunter.

The latest assault on Black rights is part of a long cycle of racial progress, backlash, and renewed hope.

Penn Today spoke with Marcia Chatelain of Africana Studies and Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law about the history of the Emancipation Proclamation and the impact of Juneteenth…