Juneteenth for mazie5/8/2023 All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom, by Angela Johnson Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.Ģ. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. Use these picture books to help young children understand the history of Juneteenth and celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Today across the country, family and friends gather to celebrate and learn more about the history and experience of African Americans before and after slavery. While the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed all slaves in 1863, enforcement of the proclamation had been slow and inconsistent in rural areas in the South with few Union troops. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, that all enslaved persons were now free. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is celebrated each year on June 19th to honor the end slavery in the United States.
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