On June 19th, 1865 the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and Black communities were now free.
This was announced two and a half years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom for Black communities has always been delayed and at the hands of a system of oppression. That day would become known as Juneteenth in the Black community as a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance, and centers Black people’s unique contribution to the struggle for justice in the U.S.
Join us as we join Racial Justice Rising on the Greenfield Town Common at noon.