“We just very quickly came to the assertion that we’re going to take this moment and experience the Black joy that we deserve right now,” recalls @QuinntonHarris of how the #HellaJuneteenth celebration came about. Harris and a group of his creative professional friends (@wearehellacreative) joined together to quickly build a website to mark June 19, or Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation, and a day that (while not recognized as a federal holiday) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the US. By the holiday, more than 655 companies had pledged to give employees the day off. At the link in the bio, learn more. 📷: Tamara Peña '14 @teeepeee . . . #Juneteenth #MITalumni #MITalum #linkinbio#hellacreative #blackjoy