Juneteenth, to me is more than a single holiday which commemorates when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, finally proclaiming all African Americans were free. To me it is a reminder of the ongoing struggle for liberation, even beyond bondage. You see, Juneteenth was only the first barrier after 246 years of slavery in America and 89 years after the founding of our democracy. Not long after that was the retaliation from Reconstruction by the institution of Jim Crow, followed by mass incarceration and institutions meant to prohibit the advancement of African Americans. (00:29–00:40)
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Asserts that Juneteenth marked the end of 246 years of slavery and occurred 89 years after the U.S. was founded.
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