“We have to be as dedicated to the ideas of equity and freedom and liberty, both socially and economically, just as much as Abraham Lincoln was in 1865,” Gov. Inslee said.
At the Blacks United in Leadership and Development Juneteenth Celebration, Inslee said the holiday is one where the sunshine of justice and anti-racism can be celebrated.
“Why did it take two years for the Emancipation Proclamation to be effectuated across the south? Why did it take two years for the Emancipation Proclamation to be effectuated in the United States? That is a good question, but here’s another question. Why are we still fighting the forces of hated and division after 150 years in the United States?” Inslee asked at the ceremony.
He was alluding to June 16, 1865, the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce all enslaved people were freed, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The governor called for people to think of how they can “continue to bend the arc of the moral universe” on June 19.
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