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Juneteenth 2023: The Freedom to Learn Film, Reading and THE REAL TRUTH_Dr. Gerald Horne and Chairman Omali

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Juneteenth 2023 dives into education before, during and after slavery; the creation of HBCUs, its significance, and how Juneteenth is being taught today.

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Juneteenth Capsule

The holiday’s origin story begins in Galveston, Texas, which was the western-most area of the Union in 1865. When enslaved people there were told of their emancipation on June 19, 1865, they had technically already been freed two-and-a-half years prior, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Slaveholders in Texas had kept the information to themselves, extending the period of violent exploitation of enslaved Afrikans. The following year, in 1866, a celebration was had in Texas, the first Juneteenth observance to recognize freedom from slavery in the U.S.

For a more detailed discussion related to the Chairman’s points regarding the 13th Amendment placing us back in slavery using the “except if convicted of a crime” clause, and then making more things (eg. reckless eyeballing) a crime. Our enslavement by Europeans did not end with the 13th amendment, “it just changed hands” from private owners to State owners. See the article “The Thirteenth Amendment: Instrument of Legalized Slavery and the Re-Subjugation of New Afrika”. Here

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History of NAPO and The Thirteenth Amendment: Instrument of Legalized Slavery and the Re-Subjugation of New Afrika

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N.A.P.O. (New Afrikan Prisoners Organization) was a revolutionary nationalist cadre organization. Its members were imprisoned nationals of the colonized nation- New Afrika. It was committed to raising the awareness of all our people towards the political, economic, and socio-cultural forces which serve to oppress and exploit us, and which seek to maintain the subjugation of the nation. In addition to other materials, this collection contains a complete set of the periodical Vita Wa Watu… cont. below

…From the mid 1970s, The Statesville Prisoners Organization and New Afrikan Prisoners’ Organization attempted to unite prisoner groups at several Illinois facilities. NAPO was formed in 1977 as a way to sharpen collectivity among prisoners and between prisoners and the urban communities from which they came. Within the Illinois prison system, NAPO led study groups, wrote articles, tried to foster unity among disaffected Black prisoners and worked to maintain connections to Black organizing in Chicago and other big cities. Ultimately, NAPO ceased being a prisoner group and became the New Afrikan People’s Organization.

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Learn more: NAPO_New Afrikan POW Journal Books 1-12

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