19/06/2025
Happy Juneteenth! America's second independence day and a powerful reminder of resilience, and the ongoing pursuit of equity.
From The National Museum of African American History and Culture:
Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree.