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Episode: QL: POR Proudly Presents A JUNETEENTH Open Mic Poetry Reading
Description: Juneteenth or Emancipation Day is a holiday commemorating the release of those held in bondage during slavery. It started in Galveston, Texas, and is now celebrated every year on June 19 across the United States. Noted poets Brian Donnell James and Jackie Oldham will co-host the event.Â
A found poem by Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram, (2021)
In 1941, Laura Smalley, a former slave in Texas, told a WPA worker about the day she heard of her freedom.
“I remember.Â
We all got up that morningÂ
and went to the big house to see ole’ master.Â
I thought ole’ master was dead,Â
I didn’t know he had go...