And while it’s been celebrated in Black communities for generations, many Americans are just hearing about it (especially if they caught that amazing episode of Blackish ). ![]() TLDR Juneteenth marks the date enslaved people in Texas were informed of their emancipation (June 19, 1865), two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863). Why is there a holiday called Juneteenth on my iPhone? What’s this I am hearing about another Independence Day? We hope that a little history will help, and we’ll get to that later in this post.
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