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Ohio State University: Ohio State celebrates Juneteenth with reflection of history

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Juneteenth, a federal holiday not a year old, is an opportunity to begin new traditions and determine how to commemorate the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans learned they were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. That was the message from Shakeer Abdullah, keynote speaker of The Ohio State University’s first annual Juneteenth Celebration Luncheon. […]