We’re starting off strong with the classic, the ur-Juneteenth novel by Ralph Ellison which, while unfinished, still allows readers to bask in the brilliance of the writer best known for ...

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There is a long history of Juneteenth, including the Juneteenth ... everything goes to decay.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson 26. “Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery ...