It’s hard to believe that before President Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday last year, the United States did not officially commemorate the end of chattel slavery in 1865. Perhaps this should come as no surprise in a nation that has long distorted, mythologized and ignored this history. The ongoing debate about history educatio…
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