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[ [link removed] ]Celebrate Juneteenth - Power the fight for Black liberation!

John,

This Monday, we recognize Juneteenth — the day in 1865 that Union Gen.
Gordon Granger reached Galveston, Texas, to deliver the news to enslaved
African Americans that they were free, more than two years after the
Emancipation Proclamation had been signed.

While our communities have celebrated this day of freedom for more than
150 years, Juneteenth often is missing from our history books. Our
government recognized it as a federal holiday just two years ago — and
polling shows that more than 60 percent of Americans know “nothing at all”
or only “a little bit” about Juneteenth.^1

That’s by design. Withholding information and pushing disinformation and
misinformation have long been a historical tool of white supremacy to
dismantle the growing power of Black folks and to stall movements for
progress and liberation. You can see it today across the country as
right-wing forces relentlessly push legislation and policies designed to
shut down any conversation about race and gender in our classrooms and
prevent students from understanding our nation’s full history.^2

John, we know that knowledge equals power. So this Juneteenth,
help us fight back against right-wing efforts to erase the truth. [ [link removed] ]Make
a contribution of $25 or more today to support our ongoing campaigns to
defend Black history!

[ [link removed] ]Defend Black History

Color Of Change is working across a range of areas to combat ultra-right
forces — from battling the spread of hatred on social media and
misinformation to keep Black people from voting, to fighting book bans
aimed at keeping Black history out of classrooms and libraries.

We’re fiercely committed to running campaigns to protect our history, our
educators and our students. Your support will help fuel our ongoing
efforts to:

* Hold textbook publishers accountable for their role in providing
students with accurate accounts of our history.
* Fight back against the State of Florida’s ban on AP African American
Studies courses and other anti-CRT policies attempting to ban books
across this nation.
* Put pressure on Big Tech companies and media outlets to combat the
spread of misinformation and disinformation in the news and online.

But we’re up against powerful forces.

Color Of Change doesn’t take a dime from corporations or lobbyists that
don’t share our values. Supporters like you provide so much of the means
to fuel our work. This Juneteenth, let’s join together to celebrate how
far we’ve come and recommit ourselves to the fight for liberation. [ [link removed] ]Make
a gift of $25 or more today!

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Thank you for your support.

Until Justice Is Real,

The Color Of Change Team

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1. [ [link removed] ]‘Most Americans Know Little Or Nothing About Juneteenth, Poll
Finds’, The New York Times, June 2021.

2. [ [link removed] ]Map: Where Critical Race Theory Is Under Attack, Newsweek, June
2023.



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