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Susannah J. Ural
@sju.bsky.social
Historian at Mississippi State University; Frank & Virginia Williams Chair for Abraham Lincoln & Civil War Studies (www.library.msstate.edu/williamscollection); Dir., Civil War & Recon. Govs. of MS Proj (cwrgm.org)
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_Emancipation Celebration_, which features rare accounts of Juneteenth celebrations in 1864 New Orleans told from an entirely Black perspective, inspired this article by Ann Marsh Daly & me. Thanks @jimdowns.bsky.socialwww.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Before Juneteenth
A firsthand account of freedom’s earliest celebrations
Thanks, Anne!
MS State History Department's 15th annual Symposium for History Undergraduate Research begins today w/ keynote speaker Jim Downs. If you're in the area, please join us! Check out the program: bit.ly/4aqbtQS#skystorians
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Susannah J. Ural
@sju.bsky.social
Historian at Mississippi State University; Frank & Virginia Williams Chair for Abraham Lincoln & Civil War Studies (www.library.msstate.edu/williamscollection); Dir., Civil War & Recon. Govs. of MS Proj (cwrgm.org)
151 followers11 following3 posts