By Corey D. B. Walker for The Conversation | Stacker Wirestock Creators // Shutterstock (Stacker) - After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday […]
The post 6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth appeared first on The Sacramento Observer.
