Archive for June 19, 2023
REMINDER: Juneteenth Is About The End of Slavery in America in 1865 But, Remember, Millions Are Still Enslaved Here And Around The World Today
June 19, 1865, was the day slaves in Texas first heard about President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation three years earlier and the fact they were thus free, precious news that was brought to them by Union Major-General Gordon Granger. Americans celebrate this day as the federal holiday of “Juneteenth,” the informal contraction…
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