RMA presented a live virtual event “Celebration of Emancipation: A Look at Juneteenth, the life Black Homesteaders, and Their Contributions to Agriculture Post Emancipation” on June 13, 2024.
Bernice Bennett, Author, and Genealogist; Dr. Ron Rainey, Assistant VP of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture; and a Representative from the Descendants of Homesteader Luke Sconiers highlighted post emancipation through the lens of homesteading, farming, and land grant institutes during the Reconstruction era.
The discussion was moderated by RMA’s own Falan Goff, Policy Specialist, Author, and Genealogist
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