Free at Last: A Tribute to Juneteenth Edition:Hand Embellished Limited Edition A testimony to the strength

A testimony to the strength of mothers and especially African American mothers everywhere

Each bag is meticulously hand-woven from raffia

Elton Brand

This natural halo

It is adorned with the phrase "And Still I Rise"

Free at Last: A Tribute to Juneteenth Edition:Hand Embellished Limited Edition A testimony to the strength"Free at Last" commemorates the historic day of June 19, 1865, when more than 2,000 Union troops, under the command of Major General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to make a life changing announcement. This declaration informed over 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state that they were free, signifying the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln two and a half years earlier. The arrival of