Exploring History Behind Juneteenth
Exploring History Behind Juneteenth reveals several interesting facts.
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- June 19, 1865 was a date that means so much to Texas. On that day in Galveston, Texas, slaves learned they were free.
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- June 19, 1865 marks the day when United States Army Major General Gordon Granger informed enslaved blacks in Galveston, ...
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Get to know the On June 19, 1865 the last group of slaves in the United states were freed. Their freedom was bittersweet and came two and a half ... Henry Louis Gates Jr. told CBS News that marking Juneteenth
For Black Americans, June 19 or “
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