Sign the petition: Make Juneteenth a national holiday
While our country celebrates the Fourth of July to honor our nation's independence from Great Britain, the United States continued to deny freedom to enslaved Africans for almost another 100 years. We still don't have a national holiday celebrating the official end of brutal chattel slavery.
Juneteenth is the unofficial holiday Black Americans celebrate to mark the abolition of chattel slavery. The U.S. should make it an official national holiday.
Juneteeth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that Union soldiers entered Texas to declare the end of the Civil War and freedom for enslaved people. Though Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863, the executive order was not enforced in Texas until the Juneteenth arrival of Union soldiers, two months after the official end of the war.
Our nation should widely celebrate the end of the cruel institution and the beginning of citizenship for Black people, and end any celebration of the rebels who fought to keep exploiting, abusing, and owning Black people.
Sign the petition: Make Juneteenth a national holiday.
*The song in this video was part of the TV show Black-ish's Juneteenth episode
Juneteenth is the unofficial holiday Black Americans celebrate to mark the abolition of chattel slavery. The U.S. should make it an official national holiday.
Juneteeth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that Union soldiers entered Texas to declare the end of the Civil War and freedom for enslaved people. Though Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863, the executive order was not enforced in Texas until the Juneteenth arrival of Union soldiers, two months after the official end of the war.
Our nation should widely celebrate the end of the cruel institution and the beginning of citizenship for Black people, and end any celebration of the rebels who fought to keep exploiting, abusing, and owning Black people.
Sign the petition: Make Juneteenth a national holiday.
