By Linda Taliaferro A particularly important holiday is coming up - Juneteenth. A celebration of the full emancipation of slaves in the United States. While the Emancipation Proclamation had outlawed slavery almost 2 ½ years prior, those in Texas didn’t get the news until June 19th 1865. This is significant for many reasons and there … Continued
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