![]() ![]() What many of us were not taught is that news of the Emancipation Proclamation was deliberately suppressed and many did not learn of their freedom for years. This, we learned, was a major milestone in the history of the country. Many Americans learned in grade school that on January 1, 1863, “the Great Emancipator” Abraham Lincoln issued the 719-word Emancipation Proclamation, ending 246 years of legal slavery in the United States (and the Confederacy). Juneteenth was when the last of us found out… We were free, we are free, and we need to celebrate that.” –Debra Hester, Mother of IMVU user an excerpt of an important wide-ranging conversation with IMVU user her mother and her grandfather about the past and future of the Movement for Black Lives. And while it’s been celebrated in Black communities for generations, many Americans are just hearing about it (especially if they caught that amazing episode of Blackish ). TLDR Juneteenth marks the date enslaved people in Texas were informed of their emancipation (June 19, 1865), two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863). Why is there a holiday called Juneteenth on my iPhone? What’s this I am hearing about another Independence Day? We hope that a little history will help, and we’ll get to that later in this post. ![]()
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