Dissertation Editor will be closed on Friday, June 19th, also known as Juneteenth. We stand in solidarity with the Black community and our closure for the holiday reflects that.
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth, an amalgamation of June and 19th, marks the anniversary of the proclamation by Union Army General Gordon Granger that all enslaved people in the state of TX were now free. The Emancipation Proclamation was stated two years earlier, but TX was the most remote state and enforcement of the Proclamation was slow and not consistent.
