Juneteenth in Harrisburg: Tennesee Rep. Justin J. Pearson Talks Politics, Community, and the Future of Black America
As preparations for Juneteenth begin across the country, here in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the capital of the first state to officially begin to abolish slavery, the holiday celebrating the end of America’s greatest crime against humanity carries a tremendous magnitude. While for most of the nation, it begins and ends on the nineteenth of June, this…