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On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger announced the General Order No. 3, which proclaimed freedom from slavery in Texas. Juneteenth, as it came to be called, is a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of those who were previously enslaved in the United States. The events that happened on June 19 came about two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery. The new law was enforced by the arrival and advancement of Union troops. Because Texas was more remote than other states, it took those two-and-a-half years to actually enforce the new law. But on June 19, everything changed.
2021 BFSA Juneteenth Observance
The University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association, BFSA, will have a virtual 2021 Juneteenth Observance. Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth) also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day– is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Galveston, Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. It is commemorated on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865 announcement by Union Army General Gordon Granger, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas.
We have confirmed Dr. Reynaldo Anderson, who will give a presentation on Re-Envisioning Freedom through Afro-futurism, Dr. Cynthia Gooch Grayson, who will present Juneteenth & Genealogy: The Exploration of the Black Family, Marvin E. Adams, UA Student Poet, and, Ms. Opal Lee, Juneteenth Activist and Advocate who wa
Are you familiar with Juneteenth? What it stands for? Why we celebrate it? It turns out that June 19 is a pretty important day. And the city of Pittsfield has added it to its roster of municipal holidays.
Juneteenth commemorates the ending of legalized slavery in the United States. It reflects the day, June 19, 1865, when Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and shared the news of freedom with enslaved African-Americans.
Unfortunately, the good news was a little late getting there
as it had already been more than two and a half years after
the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ann Arbor mayor announces plan to make Juneteenth an official city holiday
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ANN ARBOR, MI Mayor Christopher Taylor announced plans this week to make Juneteenth, a day celebrating Black freedom from slavery in the United States, an official city holiday.
With the annual celebration coming up June 19, Taylor said he’s working on a resolution with other City Council members to recognize the third Saturday in June as Juneteenth and make it a permanent municipal holiday in Ann Arbor.
“Juneteenth is a day of remembrance, and resolve,” he said in a statement. “A day to celebrate emancipation and to honor the strength, endurance and dignity of the African Americans subjected to the atrocity of American slavery.”
Eye on Augusta: Mills Administration Bows to Business, Proposes Massive Tax Breaks for Profitable Companies
by Andy OâBrien Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:51 AM
Andy O’Brien is communications director at Maine AFL-CIO. He is a former managing editor of The Free Press and a former state legislator. His Eye on Augusta column appears every other week in The Free Press. Governor Janet Mills finally caved to pressure from business groups last week when she proposed an $82 million tax break on federal relief companies received during the pandemic. Under federal law, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are not subject to a federal tax, but they are taxed under state law and business groups have been calling on the Mills administration to conform to the federal tax law.