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At the union came into galveston two and a half years later to let the slaves there know that they were, in fact, free, it became -- it became more of a we can't believe that it took us 2 and a half years. we could have been free two and a half years before. we have been working as slaves since then and that's what resonates with what this holiday is about. what it's been about. this is not a new holiday. it's a-day that has been celebrated primarily in the black community, but also a holiday, it's a time when we understand what our history was then, what the dynamics were and why it took so l...

Proclamation was officially enforced. we are joined by chief marketing affairs officer at the national civil rights museum. faye, thank you very much for being here. on 1863, january 1st, that was the day that the emancipation proclamation became official. word was starting to spread. why do you think it was or why was it that this moment in galveston became something that resonated in history? >> i think for several reasons. one the south was holding out especially texas on when the emancipation proclamation had happened. when general gordon ranger was