Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Transcript - Balser on Recognizing Need for Change Stepping Up at Pivotal Moment in History
June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 22 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following transcript:
Hello everyone. Juneteenth -- an important day in American history. It was this day on June 19, 1865, when the last group of enslaved Africans held in Texas were freed, years after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It took far too long for this date to be recognized. There is a widespread awakening in our country that is causing us all to look closer -- at what we overl . . .
Hello everyone. Juneteenth -- an important day in American history. It was this day on June 19, 1865, when the last group of enslaved Africans held in Texas were freed, years after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It took far too long for this date to be recognized. There is a widespread awakening in our country that is causing us all to look closer -- at what we overl . . .