My first time celebrating Juneteenth was with Mos Def

Learning about Chicago’s Inner-City Muslim Action Network

Photo credit: wynpnt/Pixabay

June 19, 1865 was not a day I was aware of, and I’m honestly surprised by that. I went to a predominantly African-American elementary school that made Alex Haley’s “Roots” films, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” book and a field trip to see the Denzel Washington-led film just…