JUNETEENTH Freedom Day: Keynote Speaker and Conversation
Speaker
JAMELLE BOUIE
Columnist, New York Times, and
Political Analyst, CBS News
When
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Where
In Person and Virtual Participation - ET
Description
Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for the New York Times and political analyst for CBS News, covers U.S. politics, public policy, elections, and race. Jamelle’s political instincts provide audiences with unique insight on the past, present, and future of our national politics, policy, and the state of race relations. As he did while writing for Slate and the Daily Beast, Jamelle shares eye-opening perspectives on issues concerning the issues at play in America today.
Join us for this keynote event and conversation moderated by Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant.
REGISTER
Streamed live in Rangos Ballroom, Cohon University Center, Second Floor
Attend in person or virtually.
About the Event: This year's Juneteenth keynote event is with award-winning New York Times columnist and political analyst for CBS News Jamelle Bouie. Jamelle covers history and politics and is a writer, historian and accomplished journalist. Join us for this keynote viewing party and conversation moderated by CMU's Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant.
Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19 since 1865, is a national holiday that marks the end of chattel slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day and Black Independence Day, and was first recognized as a federal holiday last year. On this day in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX, and announced the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery. Although the Emancipation Proclamation came two and a half years earlier on January 1, 1863, many enslavers continued to hold enslaved Black people captive after the announcement, so Juneteenth became a symbolic date representing African American freedom. You can learn more about its origins by watching this informational video.