Diving to discover the ancestors; how Juneteenth began; a celebration of Black joy

Highlighting Juneteenth's celebration of black joy, ancestral discoveries by black divers, and the role of museums in lifting unheard voices.

Plus, quilts that tell a story, how these museums are changing how we tell history, and Juneteenth in Mexico ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

June 18, 2024 3:16 PM

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Diving to discover the ancestors; how Juneteenth began; a celebration of Black joy

Highlighting Juneteenth's celebration of black joy, ancestral discoveries by black divers, and the role of museums in lifting unheard voices.

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min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:45px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 20px 0px 20px"><a href="#"><img alt="National Geographic" src="https://images.emlcdn.net/cdn/1001126/ccd3680b-2a2b-49fc-85b5-32bc6deff5ec/headerlogoblack.png" width="150" style="color:#000000; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:5px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize30 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:30px; line-height:42px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:1px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">HOW A SEARCH FOR LOST ANCESTORS PULLED THIS DIVER INTO THE DEPTHS</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:5px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize16 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:18px; line-height:32px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:.5px">Tuesday, June 18, 2024 </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px 0px 8px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="pt0 pb0 fontsize16" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><em style=""><strong style="">To mark the latest federal holiday, </strong>we bring you the personal story of a </em><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><em style="">diver discovering sunken history</em></span></a><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><em style="">,</em></span><em style=""> the tale of a </em><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><em style="">pioneering haven</em></span></a><em style=""> west of the Mississippi River, how </em><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><em style="">these museums</em></span></a><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><em style=""> </em></span><em style="">are lifting unheard voices, and a celebration of </em><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><em style="">Black joy. </em></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="#"><img alt="Diving With a Purpose (DWP) lead dive instructor Jay Hailer cradles a stone from a ballast pile in Coral Bay, St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The stones have been key to identifying slave ships; they often were used to balance the weight of captives in a ship's cargo hold." class="full_img" src="http://images.harmony.epsilon.com/ContentHandler/images?id=e80d68f6-9061-405b-bbc6-5acb4ed94261" width="640" style="color:#000000; font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="right" class="fontsize9" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; color:#cccccc; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; font-size:10px; line-height:11px; letter-spacing:2px"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt10 pb10 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:10px 0px 10px 0px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">Tara Roberts</strong></a><strong style=""> took up diving</strong> to learn about the human side of a tragic era. The Nat Geo Explorer wound up connecting with <a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">her family’s complex past</strong></a><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">.</a> Never did she dream she would be part of a group of Black divers uncovering the <em style="">Clotilda</em>, the last ship carrying enslaved people to the United States before the Civil War. <em style="">(Above, a diving instructor holding a fragment found on the ship.)</em> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="pt20 pb20" style="padding:20px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><th class="newrow " style="text-align:center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="display:inline-block"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="centered"><table role="presentation" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="240" style="width:240px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="fontsize12" style="padding:15px 12px 15px 12px; font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; color:#000000; font-size:12px; line-height:15px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; display:block; width:100%"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditMedium'; font-weight:600">THE HIDDEN HISTORY</span> </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt10 pb10 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:10px 0px 10px 0px"><strong style="">Tune in: </strong>The Nat Geo documentary <a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><em style=""><strong style="">Clotilda: The Return Home </strong></em></a><em style="">is streaming on Hulu and Disney+.</em> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="pt20 pb20" style="padding:20px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize18 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:24px; line-height:32px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">A MOVE TO FREEDOM </strong></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="#"><img alt="An aerial view of the town. In its early days" class="full_img" src="http://images.harmony.epsilon.com/ContentHandler/images?id=d3671768-c68b-4744-a23a-1896990e0bf8" width="640" style="color:#000000; font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="right" class="fontsize9" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; color:#cccccc; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; font-size:10px; line-height:11px; letter-spacing:2px"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">PHOTOGRAPH BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt10 pb10 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:10px 0px 10px 0px"><strong style="">Decades before the Great Migration came the Great Exodus. </strong>Some<strong style=""> </strong>27,000 African Americans left the South in the 19th century, about a decade after the end of the Civil War. For the first time, Black Americans were “voting with their feet”—demonstrating discontent with the South by seeking safety and autonomy in new lands <em style="">(pictured above)</em>. <a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">Where did the families go? </strong></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="pt20 pb0" style="padding:20px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt20 pb25 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:14px; line-height:20px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:0px 0px 20px 0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal">Unlock this article with Nat Geo Premium! Get access now to exclusive stories, plus a century of archives, photos, and videos. </span><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">See subscription options starting at just $19/yr</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">.</strong></span> <a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize18 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:24px; line-height:32px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING </strong></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="#"><img alt="An undated photograph of Harriet Powers that is the only confirmed one in existence." class="full_img" src="http://images.harmony.epsilon.com/ContentHandler/images?id=9627ca79-8bdb-43aa-858c-fca3ca8df784" width="640" style="color:#000000; font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="right" class="fontsize9" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; color:#cccccc; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; font-size:10px; line-height:11px; letter-spacing:2px"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/ SCALA, FLORENCE (LEFT) , ALBUM/GRANGER (RIGHT)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt0 pb20" style="padding:0px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ececec" style="width:100%; min-width:100%; height:80px"><tbody><tr><th class="newlistrow clearbg" bgcolor="#ffcc00" style="vertical-align:middle; width:60px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="pt20 ph20 pb0 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:20px; letter-spacing:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table></th><th align="center" class="newlistrow" style="vertical-align:middle"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" class="center ph20 pb20 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:25px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">Harriet Powers</strong> <em style="">(pictured above)</em> and her storytelling quilts that continue to inspire generations of artists</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ececec" style="width:100%; 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text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">Uncovering <strong style="">Harriet Tubman’s</strong> secret Civil War missions</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ececec" style="width:100%; min-width:100%; height:80px"><tbody><tr><th class="newlistrow clearbg" bgcolor="#ffcc00" style="vertical-align:middle; width:60px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="pt20 ph20 pb0 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:20px; letter-spacing:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table></th><th align="center" class="newlistrow" style="vertical-align:middle"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" class="center ph20 pb20 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:25px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">What are ‘first-voice’ museums? And how are they changing the way we are telling history?</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ececec" style="width:100%; min-width:100%; height:80px"><tbody><tr><th class="newlistrow clearbg" bgcolor="#ffcc00" style="vertical-align:middle; width:60px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="pt20 ph20 pb0 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:20px; letter-spacing:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table></th><th align="center" class="newlistrow" style="vertical-align:middle"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" class="center ph20 pb20 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:25px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">The dish towel that ended the Civil War</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ececec" style="width:100%; min-width:100%; height:80px"><tbody><tr><th class="newlistrow clearbg" bgcolor="#ffcc00" style="vertical-align:middle; width:60px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="pt20 ph20 pb0 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:20px; letter-spacing:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table></th><th align="center" class="newlistrow" style="vertical-align:middle"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" class="center ph20 pb20 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:25px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">The ‘Road to Nowhere’:</strong> the story behind one of America’s most haunted roads</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ececec" style="width:100%; min-width:100%; height:80px"><tbody><tr><th class="newlistrow clearbg" bgcolor="#ffcc00" style="vertical-align:middle; width:60px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="pt20 ph20 pb0 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:25px; letter-spacing:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table></th><th align="center" class="newlistrow" style="vertical-align:middle"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" class="center ph20 pb20 fontsize16" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; font-weight:normal; color:#111111; font-size:16px; line-height:25px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">Reviving the Juneteenth tea cake</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:30px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize18 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:24px; line-height:32px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">AROUND THE WORLD</strong></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="#"><img alt="Adan Salazar, a member of the cabalgata, travels 20 miles to celebrate Juneteenth in Nacimiento." class="full_img" src="http://images.harmony.epsilon.com/ContentHandler/images?id=895eb301-0f1a-4416-8680-796b03a42fd1" width="640" style="color:#000000; font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="right" class="fontsize9" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; color:#cccccc; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; font-size:10px; line-height:12px; letter-spacing:2px"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">PHOTOGRAPH BY LUJÀN AGUSTI</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt10 pb20 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:10px 0px 20px 0px"><strong style="">One village in Mexico has observed Juneteenth </strong>for more than 150 years.<strong style=""> </strong>Once a part of the “<a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">Southern Underground Railroad,</a>” villagers in northern Mexico’s Coahuila state helped formerly enslaved people across the border reach freedom. Here, the deep traditions of the holiday keep the culture of the Mascogos alive. <a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">Here’s how the history extends even further south.</strong></a> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="pt20 pb20" style="padding:20px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><th class="newrow " style="text-align:center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="display:inline-block"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="centered"><table role="presentation" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="240" style="width:240px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="fontsize12" style="padding:15px 12px 15px 12px; font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; color:#000000; font-size:12px; line-height:15px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; display:block; width:100%"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditMedium'; font-weight:600">IN MEXICO AND THE U.S.</span> </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize18 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:24px; line-height:32px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">IN THE SPOTLIGHT</strong></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="#"><img alt="On a 90 degree day in Southeast, Washington D.C., community members cooled off as they enjoyed playing in the water hydrant, which is a tradition summertime activity." class="full_img" src="http://images.harmony.epsilon.com/ContentHandler/images?id=4a84cc9e-5b85-45af-b9f6-33100a6286c8" width="640" style="color:#000000; font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="right" class="fontsize9" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; color:#cccccc; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; font-size:10px; line-height:12px; letter-spacing:2px"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">PHOTOGRAPH BY DEE DWYER</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt10 pb20 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:10px 0px 20px 0px"><strong style="">At its core, Juneteenth celebrates joy and freedom. </strong>Across the country, groundbreaking artists and Black creators are documenting the experiences that nourish their communities, recognizing a type of joy that is “mined from a very different vein of human experience.” <a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style="">See their art. </strong></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="pt20 pb20" style="padding:20px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><th class="newrow " style="text-align:center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="display:inline-block"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="centered"><table role="presentation" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="240" style="width:240px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="fontsize12" style="padding:15px 12px 15px 12px; font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandRegular'; color:#000000; font-size:12px; line-height:15px; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; display:block; width:100%"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditMedium'; font-weight:600">BLACK JOY</span> </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></th></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt0 pb20 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:0px 0px 20px 0px"><strong style="">Related: </strong><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00">Meet Opal Lee, and see why Juneteenth is a celebration of hope</a><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:2px solid #ffcc00"><strong style=""> </strong></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="pt0 pb0" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:30px 0px 10px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640" style="width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="fontsize18 pr20 pl20" style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditRegular'; font-weight:400; font-size:24px; line-height:32px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:2px"><a href="#" style="color:#000000; text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoEditBold'; font-weight:700"><strong style="">THROUGH HISTORY</strong></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" class="wrapto100pc" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%; min-width:640px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 20px 0px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable" width="640"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="#"><img alt="Photos compiled together from the Brooks family" class="full_img" src="http://images.harmony.epsilon.com/ContentHandler/images?id=0106af26-308c-4d70-91ae-3ce4e2a657f7" width="640" style="color:#000000; font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="right" class="fontsize9" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; color:#cccccc; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; font-size:10px; line-height:5px; letter-spacing:2px"><span style="font-family:CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,Gill Sans,Gill Sans MT,sans-serif,'GeoBrandBold'; font-weight:700">PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SAKKE OVERLUND VIA THE BROOKS FAMILY</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="responsivetable80" width="600" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="pt10 pb10 fontsize14" style="font-family:'Georgia','Times New Roman','Times',serif; font-size:16px; line-height:24px; font-weight:normal; color:#222222; padding:10px 0px 16px 0px"><strong style="">This writer traced his ancestry prior to 1870—</strong>past the genealogical brick “wall” that resulted from the lack of records naming formerly enslaved people. 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