Black people across the diaspora have commemorated a watershed moment: June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops landed in Galveston Bay, Texas, to liberate the last remaining slaves. This occurred nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln had emancipated enslaved Africans in America.
Read More.Juneteenth Prayer from Albertus Dominican Ministries
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
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