06/19/2020
Please join the Rider community as we take today, Friday, June 19, Freedom Day, to reflect on our own experiences and identify our personal commitments to contribute to a more racially just campus and society. May this day serve as a reminder to all of us that "nobody is free until everybody is free."
Juneteenth is a monumental yet often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay, Texas, were notified by Union troops they, along with all other enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree.