Wayne State University educator advocates for Juneteenth curriculum at state level

By: Ben Solis

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: June 19, 2026

Words: 555

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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For Diane McMillan, a longtime education and social worker associated with Wayne State University, Michigan needs a Juneteenth curriculum that centers the celebration’s core tenets: Faith, unity of the heart and the resistance movement for civil rights that eventually spawned from the Union’s emancipation of enslaved people.

McMillan made that request before the State Board of Education at its June 9 meeting. She was invited by board member Tiffany Tilley to give the body a …

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