Part 1 (A Juneteenth Special): Remembrance and Healing in America

The following is presented in honor of Juneteenth, the traditional commemoration of the celebration that dates back to  June19, 1865, when African-American slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned for the first time about the Emancipation Proclamation that had been issued to free them two years earlier. They  decided that was a very good reason for a party and generations have kept it going every ...

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