Juneteenth: Not Black, It’s American

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Nelson Mandela
..with suffragist, freedom fighter Miss Sojourner Truth

Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas.

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