Want to Learn Black History and Heritage for Juneteenth? Reconstruction US Has You Covered.
This year, 48 states and Washington, D.C. will recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Texas was the last Confederate state where the proclamation was announced. Slavery did not officially end in the entire United States until December 6, 1865, when the…