Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, marks the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced to enslaved people that they were free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had legally abolished slavery on January 1, 1863. The news of freedom reached different communities at different times, and some enslavers deliberately withheld the announcement even after that date. June 19th has become the widely accepted symbol of

Juneteenth was first established on June 19, 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, TX two and a half years...

Radical Self-Care and Community Connections Workshop is on June 18th The world may feel heavy for many of us with the dismantling of...

Juneteenth, also known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day," commemorates June 19, 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston,...

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