On this day in 1865, formerly enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word of their freedom—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Happy Juneteenth. A celebration of freedom and progress.
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On this day in 1865, formerly enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word of their freedom—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Happy Juneteenth. A celebration of freedom and progress.