Haley Bosselman editorWhen Chaz Ebert decided to have Black Writers Week on RogerEbert.com, she chose mid-June dates to coincide with the same week as Juneteenth.
Upon this decision, she had no idea Juneteenth was to become a federally recognized holiday.“I’m really filled with emotion today because of it being the first federally-recognized Juneteenth Independence Day.
The fact it it is happening at the end of our Black Writers Week is even more impactful,” Ebert told Variety. “I didn’t expect that the legislation would pass… It sort of took me by surprise.”Inspired by the site’s Women Writers Week, which she started in 2013, Ebert planned to roll out a diversity and inclusion week.
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