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JUNETEENTH DAY

Image Credit: Wikipedia Originally posted in, Brutally Honest .... Juneteenth Day? What is it? Juneteeth Day falls every year on the 19th of June to remember the day when General Gordon Granger made the official announcement in Galveston, Texas that the enslaved people in Texas were free from slavery. More History on Juneteenth Day? President Abraham Lincoln made the official emancipation proclamation on Jan 1st, 1863, almost two and half years before General Gordon Granger's announcement in Texas. This earlier proclamation implied that the newly freed 250000+ enslaved people were already freed for more than two years, but never knew about it. Why was this delay for the news to reach Texas? As per historical literary reports, though the primary reason for the delay is not known, there were two primary reasons cited. The two being that, a. the slave owners deliberately withheld information, when means of mass communication channels were limited...

AUTODIDACT ERIC HOFFER

Dr Erick Hoffer Powerful Quote: People who bite the hand that feeds them; usually, lick the foot that kicks them Today's AutoDidact Dr. Eric Hoffer (1898 or 1902 - 1983) A longshoreman, blue collared intellectual and philosopher, who captured the attention of audiences through his powerful writings. Eric Hoffer, who received honorary doctorate degree from two educational institutions in 1971, had humble beginnings, and could not further his early education due to personal challenges and hardships. An individual who was credited to have self-taught himself an entire gamut of areas, gained prominence after being in the doldrums of wilderness and hardship for several decades with his aphoristic philosophical, non-concocted and terse writings extracted from his bibliophile (love for books) nature further complemented by experiential and observational learnings. Eric Hoffer who had a dickensian story of his own on his early upbringings, drew attention for his intelle...

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