Juneteenth, sometimes known as Emancipation Day, celebrates the anniversary of when Texas slave holders were forced to free their slaves on June 19, 1865. TWO YEARS after the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery!! 🤦🏾‍♀️

June 26, 1998: The U.S. Postal Service issues a commemorative stamp honoring Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter

These young ladies from The Orchid Society are ready to take on the world after an all-access ESSENCE Festival weekend they’ll never forget. #ReignOn #Empower Le Musee de f.p.c.

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Descendants Tell Stories of Free People of Color Le Musee de f.p.c. nytimes.com/2019/03/12/art…

In today’s The New York Times the free people of color museum in NOLa. Visit! Le Musee de f.p.c. The history of fpc is the topic of my next book. Congratulations Beverly and Dwight. nytimes.com/2019/03/12/art…

Pictures show swollen Mississippi River near LSU, Trump declares emergency in Louisiana trib.al/ejjoW6k

The McKenna Museums are currently closed due to inclement weather. We will resume normal business hours on Wednesday, July 17.

AspenX NOLA is underway Le Musee de f.p.c.!

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#OnThisDay in 1860, South Carolina declared itself separate from the United States, becoming the first state to secede, because of the "increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery." #MLK50NCRM

The McKenna Museum is closed for the holidays. We will reopen on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. See you all in the New Year.

Welcome to 2018. #NYE

#OnThisDay in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves in the South "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." #EndSlavery

This Week @ AAMP: Looking for Langston Screening & Fashioning Philly with Philly.com - mailchi.mp/aampmuseum/lan…

📷: Ruven Afanador for billboard

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Thank you to everyone Le Musee de f.p.c. and @NOMA1910 for hosting us for a day of experiential learning AspenX style! A special thank you to Carlos Rolón for sharing insights into the creative process behind his #NOMAoutsideIN exhibition ⚜️🇵🇷🎨

The McKenna Museums will be closed Friday, March 30 through Monday, April 2, for the Easter holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 3 with tours starting at 1:00 p.m.