by Starlette Thomas | Jun 19, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Juneteenth, also known as “Jubilee Day,” celebrates the arrival of Union troops to Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, with news that more than a quarter million African Americans were free by executive decree. It was two years late, as the Emancipation...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 20, 2022 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
America is celebrating Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the second year. Celebrated on June 19 each year by African Americans and considered the community’s Independence Day, the day is set aside to celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S. The oldest known...
by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 18, 2021 | Opinion
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by Chris Smith | Jun 17, 2021 | Opinion
A local media outlet invited me to write a “letter to the ancestors,” in commemoration of Juneteenth. In the letter, I was asked to thank the ancestors for all that they gave in the hope that we would one day experience the freedoms and opportunities afforded others...
by Donald Williams | Jun 16, 2021 | Opinion
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1,1863, effectively freeing all slaves in the rebellious states. Although the proclamation did not abolish slavery nationwide, it set into motion forces that would lead to the abolition of slavery...
