Shannon Mitchell’s All About Us Festival brings Black community together to honor Juneteenth and celebrate culture
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 19, 2024
On June 19, 1865 — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed thousands of enslaved Black Americans in other states — a group of Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army informed over 250,000 enslaved people that they were officially free. This momentous day commemorates their celebration of liberation and the promise that the United States would no longer tolerate an immoral practice or viewpoint . . .
