By Okla Jones ·Updated June 17, 2022
Juneteenth – or Freedom Day – is date the commemorates when the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. It was first observed in Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865, the last slaves were informed of their freedom over two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
In recent years, Juneteenth has become a bit more mainstream due to the senseless killing
