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On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that night, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes all across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. However, Emancipation Proclamation, could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control.
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When some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas on June 19, 1865, Freedom Finally Came. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by the General Order No 3 issued by General Gordan Granger.
This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.
"The Black National Anthem"
the United States.
Also known as the African-American Heritage Flag was created in 1967 by Melvin Charles and Gleason T. Jackson. The flag is an ethnic flag that represents the culture and history of African-American people.
“When peace come they read the ’Mancipation law to the cullud people. [The freed slaves] spent that night singin’ and shoutin’.
On September 22, 1862 Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War. Later issued the actual proclamation in Jan. 1863.
Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens:
He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has crept over me, quite unfavorable to the exercise of my limited powers of speech. The task before me is one which requires much previous thought and study for its proper performance. I know that apologies of this sort are generally considered flat and unmeaning. I trust, however, that mine will not be so considered. Should I seem at ease, my appearance would much misrepresent me. The little experience I have had in addressing public meetings, in country schoolhouses, avails me nothing on the present occasion.
Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester by Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852
In 2016, at the age of 89, former teacher and lifelong activist Opal Lee walked 1,400 miles from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.”
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Malcolm X
FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST WILL FOLLOW.
We are encouraged by the signing of the Juneteenth bill. It is a reminder that freedom is an ongoing fight."
Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday 6-17-2021
JUNE 5TH-AUGUST 19TH
Our vision is the healing of the American racial imagination through exposure to the truth of American racial history.
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