Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 only freed the slaves in the Confederate states, not slave in states that did not secede from the Union. The date that all slaves were finally freed is June 19th, 1865. Now a federal holiday, Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans by Major General Gordon Granger, who read the proclamation of freedom for slaves in Galveston, Texas. This presentation looks at the history behind Juneteenth and its importance in American history.