{"653113":{"#nid":"653113","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Juneteenth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn June 19, 1865 \u0026mdash; nearly nine decades after our Nation\u0026rsquo;s founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation \u0026mdash; enslaved Americans in\u0026nbsp;Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were free from bondage. As those who were formerly enslaved were recognized for the first time as citizens, Black Americans came to commemorate Juneteenth with\u0026nbsp;celebrations across the country, building new lives and a\u0026nbsp;new tradition that we honor today.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe day was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe day was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The day was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2021-11-23 19:19:13","changed_gmt":"2021-11-23 19:19:13","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-06-19T01:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-06-20T00:59:59-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-06-20T00:59:59-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-06-19 05:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-06-20 04:59:59","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-06-20 04:59:59","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"253211","name":"Religious and National Observances"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}