In this deeply personal Juneteenth episode of Lit with Lara Ashley, Lara Ashley reflects on the meaning of Juneteenth through the lens of her great-grandmother’s life.

While Juneteenth marks the delayed announcement of freedom for enslaved Black Americans, this episode explores what freedom looked like in the generations that followed, and how systems of labor, control, and survival continued to shape everyday life.

Lara shares the story of her great-grandmother, who worked in a strawberry field under harsh conditions, earning little pay while living in an environment that reflected the complexities of post-emancipation life. Through this reflection, she connects history to lived experience, highlighting resilience, endurance, and the quiet strength of Black women.

This episode also weaves in Lara’Ashley's current writi ...