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Freedom is Not Romantic
June 18, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
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Juneteenth History & Action: Preparation Study Session with Rev. Derrick McQueen
On January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation declared every slave free. Yet only on June 19, 1865 General Gordon Granger freed the last slaves in Texas. Thus began Juneteenth. But where is this freedom now? Join Rev. McQueen in conversation with Rabbi Amichai to learn, prepare and ask: Who are today’s Pharaohs? Can America 2020 rise up to the promise “let my people go”?
