Monday, June 19th, is Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Americans. Although the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation marked the end of the Civil War and the defeat of the Confederacy, unfortunately, states such as Texas continued the practice of enslavement. It took two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, on June 19, 1865, when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, to free the last of the enslaved Black people in the United States.
We’re Celebrating Juneteenth at The Female Quotient
