Just two days after President Joe Biden signed legislation declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday, hundreds turned out Saturday to celebrate the history of emancipation, freedom...[Read More]
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On Saturday, we will celebrate Juneteenth and this complicated concept of being Free-ish. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865. This was the day when Union soldiers arrived...[Read More]
June 19, 1865. Two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, news arrived to slaves in Galveston, TX that papers...[Read More]