On this day in 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation proclamation was signed, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that they were free. Juneteenth is a powerful reminder that freedom has always been a long fought, hard won, and still remains unfinished. The fight for racial justice did not end in 1865. It lives on in the work that we do every single day. (00:26–00:34)
CLAIM
Asserts that the fight for freedom is ongoing and not yet complete.
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