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bomani
bomani_jones
just letting you know it's okay if you weren't really hip to juneteenth until very recently. you're not alone, no matter what your timeline tells you. and for white people
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BRiMAH
BrimahPhorbz
J U N E T E E N T H Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.It is also called Emancipation Day or Juneteenth
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Taylor Swift
taylorswift13
Happy Juneteenth! I want to thank @TheRoot and @RhapsoDani for allowing me to post this video about the significance of today, June 19th, and why it should be celebrated as
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Portland Fire&Rescue
PDXFire
On June 19th, 1865, (about 2.5 years after Black slaves were freed via the Emancipation Proclamation), word finally reached Texas & the last slaves were liberated. This occasion is marked
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Smithsonian
smithsonian
#Juneteenth marks the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay, Texas, were notified of their freedom. It's celebrated as the end of U.S. chattel slavery and our nation's second
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Yascha Mounk
Yascha_Mounk
We should make Juneteenth a national holiday.Here’s why.[Thread.] The most important and straightforward reason is that we do not, at this point, have a national holiday that recognizes the sin
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Smithsonian NMAAHC
NMAAHC
#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.Known as #Juneteenth , this day
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All On The Line TX
allontheline_tx
#Juneteenth is a day of celebration of freedom for Black Americans and the achievement of how far we have come as a nation, but also a reminder that the
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Ibram X. Kendi
DrIbram
In 1865, Black people all over the South were saying this Union officials: Do not abolish slavery and leave us landless and disenfranchised. Do not force us towork for our
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anna
tpwkhollands
THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH: A THREAD On June 19th, 1865, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War ended and the enslaved were free. These troops
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Monique W Morris EdD
MoniqueWMorris
As many are just discovering #Juneteenth , pls note that 2+ years AFTER slavery ended, my ancestors in TX were notified of their freedom. Juneteenth is an acknowledgement of the
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National Geographic
NatGeo
Americans are celebrating #Juneteenth today, but what exactly does the day signify? 1/10 #Juneteenth is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.
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Howard Tayler
howardtayler
I'm glad to know about Juneteenth, but sad that my 52 years of being white and embedded in more whiteness meant that I'm too damn old to just now be
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🎻🖊️DeMisty D. Bellinger
DeMistyB
1/ When I was a kid, when the Juneteenth parade rode near my house on Martin Luther King Dr., I had no idea what Juneteenth was. I just knew it
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Equal Justice Works
EJW_org
Today is #Juneteenth , a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. In acknowledgement of this holiday, Equal Justice Works is closed. Read the letter to Equal
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Adam Schiff
RepAdamSchiff
Today is Juneteenth. It should be a national holiday.Just as Americans learn the history of July 4, understanding and celebrating Juneteenth is a critical part of American history.So I wanted
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