Category: Equity
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Honoring American Veterans Around the World
Behind every uniform is a person: a daughter or son, a parent, a spouse, a partner, a friend, a neighbor. Behind every period of service are experiences that can shape a lifetime. This Veterans Day, the Carter Institute offers gratitude to those who have served in the United States Armed Forces and extends a spirit…
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Honoring Juneteenth While Reflecting on Progress to Freedom for All
Juneteenth marks a moment of triumph—but also a hard truth: freedom for Black Americans was not simply granted, it was delayed, resisted, and denied. On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the order that all enslaved people were…