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Modern Times Lecture Series | Part of Our Heritage: Celebrating the Living Legacies of Austin’s Juneteenth Celebrations
Available in person and online!
Travel back in time with your guide, archivist Jacqueline Smith-Francis, as she shares the history of Juneteenth celebrations in Austin using materials from the Austin History Center. Highlighting photographs, newspaper clippings, first-person accounts, and other sources about Austin’s ‘Emancipation Day’ celebrations, this lecture explores how individuals and community groups in Austin have commemorated, imagined, and shaped ideas
