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Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, commemorates the delayed arrival of the Emancipation Proclamation news to enslaved people in Texas in 1865.

While a significant step, the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth didn't fully abolish slavery nationwide, requiring further legislation like the 13th Amendment.

Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday in 2021, and is often celebrated with family gatherings, religious services and cultural performances.

is just under a month away. Although Independence Day is, for many Americans, synonymous with freedom, July 4, 1776 was not a day of independence for enslaved Americans.

Enslaved Black Americans had to wait almost 100 more years for independence, a day that’s observed on June 19 every year, called “Junet

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