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Happy Juneteenth!

By Kristen Pratt Machado On Jun 18, 2023

On this federal holiday, Decisions in Dentistry celebrates Juneteenth, the end of slavery in the United States, and the freedom of all Americans. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved Black Americans, living in Galveston, Texas, were notified that slavery had been abolished by President Abraham Lincoln in the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

Kristen Pratt Machado

Kristen Pratt Machado is executive editor for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and Decisions in Dentistry and director of publishing operations for Belmont Publications, Inc. She has been with Belmont Publications since its inception in 2002.

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