Juneteenth is a day to celebrate freedom, but it also serves as a reminder of the ongoing fight for justice and equality.
Juneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, — the day when the last enslaved African Americans, living in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday in 2021.
“Juneteenth is a special day for us to remember freedom enforcement day,” said Kim Dulaney, vice president of education and programs at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. “It is a day for us to remember that by law, we are free, we have been set free and we are not bound by the old racist laws that existed before that.”…