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This linked excerpt provides a brief overview of the history of Juneteenth celebrations. After reading the excerpt and referring back to the Required Sources, write down, discuss, or simply think about answers to the following questions:

• In what ways might the motivations and attitudes of Juneteenth celebrators in 1866 — after the Thirteenth Amendment had become part of the Constitution but at a time when the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were still hypothetical and uncertain — have differed from those of the present-day celebrators shown in the photographs?
• In what ways might the motivations and attitudes of the early participants resemble those of the present-day participants?
• If you were to write a comparative essay, what additional research would you conduct? In other words, what else would you want to know?