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The History of Juneteenth - How Does Texas Change Its Story?

The History of Juneteenth - How Does Texas Change Its Story?

Update: 2021-07-05

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Annette Gordon-Reed is an American historian and law professor at Harvard University. Dr. Gordon-Reed won sixteen book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.

Today she joins Jimmy and EJ to talk about her new book On Juneteenth and what Texas can do to correct its history to represent the truth rather than Hollywood.

You can get her book at The Dock Bookshop at 6637 Meadowbrook Dr. Fort Worth, TX 76112.

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The History of Juneteenth - How Does Texas Change Its Story?

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