Here’s The One Thing You Need To Know About Juneteenth And The Emancipation Of Black People

Here’s The One Thing You Need To Know About Juneteenth And The Emancipation Of Black People

Essence Magazine:

By Malaika Jabali ·Updated June 19, 2024

Every year on June 19th, Black Americans around the country celebrate “Juneteenth” to commemorate the day Union Officer General Gordon Granger issued an order to slave masters in Galveston, Texas, to free enslaved Africans.

This was necessary since the Emancipation Proclamation,

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