Juneteenth honors a new milestone of freedom for Black Americans and a day of reflection on their achievements
, too, such as that the original messenger was killed to prevent information from being transmitted, that the federal government suppressed the message to get a final cotton harvest out of enslaved workers, and or that Lincoln’s proclamation was unable to be enforced in rebel states before the end of the war. None have been corroborated.is half red and half blue with a star in the middle, which serves as a reminder that enslaved people and their descendants were and are Americans.
The expansion of segregation laws in the late 1800s and early 20th century made it difficult to gather in parks and public spaces where Juneteenth could be celebrated properly. The 1968 Poor People’s March in Washington, D.C., a demonstration for economic justice for people of diverse backgrounds planned by Martin Luther King Jr., was purposely scheduled to coincide with the holiday.
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