Freedom Wasn’t Free on Juneteenth - Dr. Allison Wiltz - Medium

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JUNETEENTH HAIKUFreedom Wasn’t Free on Juneteenth
My ancestors fought to be free
Dr. Allison Wiltz
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Jun 19, 2021
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Photo Credit | USCT recruiting poster via national archivesBlack men near and far
gave their lives for our freedom
taken not given
The Day Our Melting Pot Boiled Over — New OrleansThe Enslaved People’s Uprising of 1811 — Led by Charles Deslondes
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Written by Dr. Allison Wiltz69K Followers
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Black womanist scholar with a PhD from New Orleans, LA with bylines in Oprah Daily, Momentum, ZORA, Cultured. #WEOC Founder
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