Juneteenth is a day of recognition, restoration and celebration of freedom 🖤 We’re honored to have ShannonSMWrites share what Juneteenth means to her and how she celebrates the physical freedom of enslaved people.
in particular have felt the gut-wrenching pain of having their children stolen from them by slavery, lynching and police violence.
That’s why Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger’s arrival in Texas and his delivery of General Order No. 3 on June 19, 1865, was so crucial to American history. The date that would later be celebrated as Juneteenth marked the true end of legalized American slavery, although many instances of enslavement and slave-like labor through sharecropping persisted well into the 20th century.
But the events of 2020 changed everything. The May 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of police forced the U.S. and the world to address issues of racial inequality and the socioeconomic disparities long faced by many Black Americans. To do so required a more critical look at the uglier parts of American history, like slavery, and the timing was ideal for theThe 2020 Juneteenth celebrations across the nation captured national attention, fueled by the urgency of the moment.
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