This week’s Midweek Message reflects on Juneteenth, a celebration of the moment the last slaves learned they were free in Texas, 2-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Lynae Vanee’s poem “Today” pays tribute to Frederick Douglass’ question “what to the slave is the 4th of July?” and visualizes his dream of a free future. The UUA shared this video ahead of this week’s General Assembly.

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