Celebrate Juneteenth this year and every year!
is the celebration of the emancipation of Black people from slavery in the United States. Despite the Emancipation Proclamation being made on Jan. 1, 1863, it wasn't until June 19, 1865, that Major General Gordon Granger and the Union Army arrived in Galveston, TX, to inform the remaining group of enslaved people about the announcement made two years earlier.
I never second-guessed what I was celebrating because everyone around me seemed happy and content . . . except one of my sisters, who had educated herself earlier than the rest of us. And it wasn't until I watched a season four rerun of the ABC showtitled"Juneteenth" that my eyes really began to open.
I'll be taking the day off from work to relax at home . I'll be watching my favorite TV shows and movies with amazing Black leads and casts (
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