Mareisha N. Winters Reese

The U.S. at 250, Juneteenth, and the Contradiction of Freedom

This year, the U.S. marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This month, we celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the day enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863. Together, these two celebrations reveal a contradiction.

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