Juneteenth Edition

With contributions by Dara Horn, Paul Berman, Todd Gitlin, and more • [View this email in your browser]( June 19, 2023, 2021 • Sivan 30, 5783 [Advertisement](#) # [A Celebration of Liberation]( As Juneteenth commemorates emancipation from slavery, the African Methodist Episcopal Church honors its long-standing connection to Black Americans’ struggle for freedom—and the history that has often remained hidden [BY MAGGIE PHILLIPS](#) # [Uncovering My Confederate Roots]( Learning the truth about my great-great-grandfather made me commit to writing about African American history and battling racism [BY AMY COHEN](#) # [On Passover, It’s Fitting to Honor Harriet Tubman, the Anti-Slavery Hero Who Was Known as ‘Moses’]( The captain of the Underground Railroad couldn’t have been placed on the $20 bill at a more auspicious moment [BY TODD GITLIN](#) # [Is the U.S. Constitution Pro-Slavery?]( Sean Wilentz says it’s complicated [BY PAUL BERMAN](#) # [Repeat Performances]( What Jewish rituals and Judaism share with Civil War reenactment and Southern culture [BY DARA HORN](#) # [‘Amistad’ and Spielberg’s West African Moses]( The 1997 film looks back to the biblical Exodus and ahead to Abraham Lincoln [BY GABRIEL SANDERS](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Gittin 33 & 34]( In today’s Talmud page, in accordance with Moshe and the Jewish people JUNE 19, 2023 # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](