While not a national holiday, it is observed in the majority of American states by members of the black and POC community.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. seen close from the rear, speaking in front of 25,000 civil rights marchers, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery march in front of Alabama state capital building on March 25, 1965. After his assassination, many members of the black community took part in a rally on Juneteenth.
Britannica states that by the end of the Civil War and two years after the proclamation, the number of slaves in Texas had increased by tens of thousands. It wasn't until June 19, 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger read the General Orders, No. 3, in Galveston. The order proclaimed: "The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages," it continues."They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."
It was only after the assassination of Martin Luther King. Jr. that Juneteenth was celebrated more widely across the U.S. The Poor People's Campaign took part in a solidarity day rally on June 19, and when people returned home they took the Juneteenth traditions with them.
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