Juneteenth is a celebratory landmark of freedom and sovereignty informed by the announcement of the United States’ Emancipation Proclamation written and signed by Abraham Lincoln. On June 19th 1865, Union Army Major General Gordon Granger read the proclamation to enslaved people and slave owners in Galveston, Texas: “The people of Texas are informed that, in…
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