{"id":1454,"date":"2026-01-27T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irstt.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1454"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:46:49","slug":"emancipation-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irstt.org\/?page_id=1454","title":{"rendered":"Emancipation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emancipation Day Lecture 2023: <strong>SANKOFA<\/strong> <em>Looking back to forge ahead <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" data-id=\"1665\" src=\"https:\/\/irstt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ADR7154-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1665\" 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