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Volunteer portraying Jane, Booker T. Washington's mother, at Juneteenth event 2018

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Volunteer portraying Jane, Booker T. Washington's mother, at Juneteenth event 2018

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Booker T. Washington National Monument: Juneteenth was the date when enslaved people learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation in states formerly under control of the Confederate Army after Lee's surrender in 1865. The date was different depending upon location, but was generally between June 10-19.

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