# @etraintalks on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLGCam0yvlb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31647490-etraintalks-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-19T19:36:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** E TRAIN TALKS - 12 Year Old Literacy Advocate (@etraintalks) — https://gondola.cc/etraintalks

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JUNE 29th!
FREEDOM DAY! 
THE POWER OF LITERACY!

Literacy was incredibly important to early African Americans as it represented freedom, empowerment, and opportunity. Literacy was a tool to escape slavery, participate in civic life, and improve economic standing. 

HISTORY:
During slavery, laws prohibited Black people from learning to read and write.

FREEDOM!
Learning to read and write was seen as a pathway to liberation and a way to build a better future for themselves and their communities. 

LIBERATION!
Before the Civil War, literacy was often denied to enslaved people, making the ability to read and write a powerful symbol of liberation. 
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Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.

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