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Happy Juneteenth

Happy Juneteenth

By: Quiet. Please
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 Take a joyful and powerful journey through the history, culture, and celebration of Juneteenth. From the delayed freedom in Galveston to modern-day festivities, this six-part series honors the resilience, resistance, and rich traditions of Black communities in America. For more insightful and engaging podcasts, visit https://www.quietperiodplease.com/

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Episodes
  • Celebration and Resistance

    Celebration and Resistance
    Jun 19 2025
    Lenny Vaughn reveals how Juneteenth celebrations became powerful acts of resistance disguised as community gatherings. From the first spontaneous freedom festivals in 1865 Texas through the sophisticated cultural showcases of the Harlem Renaissance, Black communities used food, music, parades, speeches, and storytelling to preserve their history, build solidarity, and assert their humanity in the face of ongoing oppression. Vaughn explores the deep symbolism of red foods, the community-building power of barbecue traditions, the political significance of public parades, and how celebrations evolved from rural church gatherings to urban cultural events while maintaining their essential character as expressions of joy, memory, and determination across more than 150 years of African American resistance.

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    36 mins
  • The Road to Freedom

    The Road to Freedom
    Jun 19 2025
    Music critic turned historian Lenny Vaughn traces the complex path from slavery to emancipation, explaining why freedom took over two years to reach enslaved people in Texas after the Emancipation Proclamation. From the economic foundations of American slavery through the Constitutional Convention's compromises, the growing tensions between free and slave states, Lincoln's careful political maneuvering, and the Civil War's transformation from a fight to preserve the Union into a war for human freedom. Vaughn explores how the Emancipation Proclamation's limitations, communication delays, and Confederate resistance created the conditions that made June 19, 1865, such a momentous day in Galveston when federal troops finally arrived to enforce freedom in the most remote corners of the former Confederacy.
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    32 mins
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