Eric Diep Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States — June 19, the day in 1865 when Texas was the final Confederate state to be notified of the Union victory and, thus, the freeing of all slaves in the U.S.
To state what is probably obvious, for many Black Americans, the day holds much more significance this year due to the recent national reckoning on race, with protests in every state in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, Ahmaud Arbery and too many others.Also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, Juneteenth has been recognized in some states as an official holiday, while major companies like Twitter, Target, Nike and the National Football League — not to mention.
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