Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to erase history from the classroom
The news was startling.
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He was one of the 182,566 people freed on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas.
For the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant reuniting families and building schools and developing political power.
The lesson of their lives, and of the Juneteenth holiday, is that freedom is a precious thing that requires constant work to make real.
The news was startling. On June 19, 1865, two months after the U.S. Civil War ended, union gen. gordon granger walked onto the balcony at