By: Alyssa Wilson While most of the country identifies July 4 as Independence Day, Black America understands that our enslaved ancestors weren't free on July 4, 1776. After George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were murdered, many companies and organizations began honoring Juneteenth in response to America's 'racial reckoning.' But the celebrations of Black freedom and liberation began way before white America caught on. RELATED: Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action While Independence Day celebrates the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the document's phrasing of 'All men are created equal' did not include Black people. In fact, those […]
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