Saint Louis University diversity VP dies on Juneteenth

Jonathan Smith, Saint Louis University's vice president of diversity and community engagement, died on Juneteenth. He was 61.

Smith 11 days earlier had a stroke, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

He also served as an assistant professor of African American studies at SLU and pushed for Juneteenth to be celebrated as a holiday at the university.

President Joe Biden late last week signed a bill making Juneteenth a national holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.

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