backstory: Relative and Precious
Later this week our nation will celebrate the “freeing” of Black people whose enslavement ended over two years prior to their finding out that they were “free.”
At what point were they free? Freedom is complicated and relative and precious and should never be taken for granted.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Director, Neuberger Museum of Art
Interim Managing Director, The Performing Arts Center
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