What Juneteenth Means to Traveler
Reflecting on Juneteenth View this email in your browser | Manage Newsletter Preferences June 27, 2021 It's been a week since this year's Juneteenth holiday, but since I didn't have a newsletter last week I wanted to acknowledge it here. For me as for many others in America, the 13 months since the murder of George Floyd have been frustrating because there are so many obstacles in the way of achieving meaningful racial justice, as evidenced by the battles going on inside the Beltway over issues like police reform and voting rights. But I think the decision to make Juneteenth a federal holiday is one of those small but big symbolic steps forward that shows progress is actually possible.
One of the best things about this date is that it shines a light on Black joy, and while at first feeling joy might not feel as critically urgent as issues like food security and environmental justice, getting a chance to celebrate who you are is as important to human wellbeing as being able to eat good, nourishing food and breathe clean air. And truly one of the most wonderful ways for Black Americans to celebrate who they are, and for everyone else, American or otherwise, to take part in that celebration, is through travel that explores the Black experience in this country. Juneteenth offers a potent reminder that the Emancipation National Historic Trail, running from Galveston, TX, to Houston, is a place we can all visit. So is the broader network of routes that comprise the Civil Rights Trail, which encompasses important sites in Selma and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as lesser known ones in places like Topeka, Kansas; read more about it in the July issue of Traveler.
Yours in travel, Jesse Ashlock U.S. Editor
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