JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM

JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM

Friday, June 17, 2022, 12:00 AM - Sunday, June 19, 2022, 12:00 AM

Group: Foundation

Website: https://www.juneteenthcc.org/

Juneteenth 2022 celebrations will begin on Friday, June 17th and end on Sunday, June 19th. Spread the word!!

Juneteenth marks the emancipation of thousands of enslaved people. Though President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, it was not until federal troops arrived in Texas more than two years later to enforce the proclamation, on June 19, 1865, that thousands of enslaved Black men and women in that state finally gained their freedom. Slavery would not actually come to an end in several other states until after the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in December of that year.

Visit the Juneteenth Community Consortium at https://www.juneteenthcc.org/ for a complete schedule of events and more details on this important occasion. 

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