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Editor’s note: To give you a chance to get to know our writers better, we’ve asked them to respond to some questions. Here’s Cortlyn Kelly. Read her work here. 1. Where did you grow up, and
Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery for African Americans. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, with it to take effect in January of