155 Years of Freedom from Slavery: Juneteenth
Aren’t the recent protests for the brutal murder of George Floyd by the US police reminding us of the protest against US slavery in the year of 1865? Yes, Juneteenth, that day when finally the African-American people of Galveston, Texas were announced to be free form slavery. That day was June 19th, which we still now celebrate as the commemoration of the ending of Slavery in the US. To enlighten this fact, let’s go through the general facts about Juneteenth.