Tag: Juneteenth
A Letter from our Founder on Juneteenth
Dear Friends, Juneteenth is an annual reminder of the inhumanity of American slavery and of the collective efforts of abolitionists who fought to end it. Enslaved Africans in Galveston Bay, Texas learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865 more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. Although the institution of American slavery ended, the … Continued
