History of Juneteenth speaker event at Irondale Library

Dr. Joyce-Zoe Farley, visiting Asst. Professor of Public History, UAB

Thursday, June 16 at 6:00 pm Irondale Public Library Meeting Room   Dr. Joyce-Zoe Farley will share the history of Juneteenth from the Emancipation Proclamation to the efforts to get it declared a national holiday, to Governor Ivey's recognition of Juneteenth as Freedom Day in Alabama. In 2021, Juneteenth became the first federal holiday approved since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.   Dr. Farley is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Public History and African American Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.   Free. All welcome. Registration is requested. Call Irondale Library 205.951.1415 or register below. Register Directions 105 20th Street South Irondale, AL 35210 Google Maps Irondale Public Library Newsletter The IPL Newsletter has all of our monthly events, collection highlights, and city news all in one place. We will never share your information. We send one - two emails a month. Sign Up Manage your preferences | Opt Out using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 2100 Park PL | Birmingham, AL 35203 US This email was sent to rhicks2.weichert@blogger.com. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.