Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom – not only because slavery ended, but because possibility began.
For generations after emancipation, Black Americans fought not only for legal freedom, but for the freedom to own homes, build businesses, vote, receive an education and build economic security for their families. Every generation expanded the meaning of freedom because every generation understood that dignity requires opportunity.
That struggle raises an important question this Juneteenth: What does freedom look like today?…