Slavery in the United States did not end in 1863 when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. It wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were set free that slavery, as they United States had known it, ended. 165 years […]
At the beginning of June 2019, I didn’t know that the date June 19 meant anything other than a day near the start of summer. But around this time in June 2019, I learned a new word, “Juneteenth.” From its name, I could decipher that it correlated with something in […]
By Mariah Madison Although June 19th is recognized as a holiday in all states except four, a lot of people don’t know what Juneteenth is. Juneteenth is one of America’s oldest holidays and is observed each year on June 19 to mark the official end of slavery in the US. As an African […]
