Juneteenth: A Day of Celebration & Action
Friday, June 19, 2020
Today is Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday marks the day—June 19, 1865—when enslaved Texans found out about the end of the civil war and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation….two and half years earlier on January 1, 1863. Several theories for the delay have been offered including that… Continue Reading Juneteenth: A Day of Celebration & Action