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Activists and educators Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, visited the University of Arizona on Juneteenth, Monday, June 19, to talk about the holiday, legacies and women in society.
Activists and educators Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, visited the University of Arizona on Juneteenth, Monday, June 19, to talk about the holiday, legacies and women in society.
Strategist and peace advocate Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., and Ilyasah Shabazz, award-winning author, educator and daughter of Malcom X, will speak together at the Juneteenth event. This year marks the first time the university will observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday.
In addition to observing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for the first time in 2023, the university is developing a yearlong campaign to tell the story of Juneteenth and Black people in the Southwest.
TUCSON (KVOA) — The University of Arizona is looking back on the pandemic Wednesday, two years after the university made the first changes to its operations.