Come and join us to learn more about Juneteenth, the day of freedom for African-Americans by attending an informative presentation at the library with guest speaker Ted Carter - educator, advocate, and champion.Ted Carter’s Juneteenth slideshow presentation will explore the history and significance of Juneteenth, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in the United States. The presentation will include discussions about the Emancipation Proclamation, the events leading to Juneteenth in Galveston, Texas, and the ongoing struggles for equality and freedom.

About the speaker:
Ted Carter is a retired eighth grade science teacher from Cleveland, Ohio. He also taught in Anchorage at Clark Middle School – one of the most diverse middle schools in the United States for a year before moving to Homer, where he now lives.
Growing up near a suburb of Shaker Heights, a wealthy, white community he experienced social as well as physical barriers between the residents of Shaker Heights and those in his neighborhood when a once-connected street was blocked off by a concrete barricade. This experience prompted him to lead discussions about possibilities and barriers.
Ted’s story has been featured on Ideastream Public Media.