Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: https://t.co/KlOoYwdzD5— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020
Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: https://t.co/KlOoYwdzD5
This #Juneteenth, let’s all pledge to keep using our voices—and our votes—to keep marching toward freedom. https://t.co/I510X0HCKe— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020
This #Juneteenth, let’s all pledge to keep using our voices—and our votes—to keep marching toward freedom. https://t.co/I510X0HCKe
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Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2020
Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"Juneteenth is a time to recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) June 19, 2020
"Juneteenth is a time to recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Harriet Tubman Mother Freedom #Juneteenth https://t.co/iI1DdcxJno— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 19, 2020
Harriet Tubman Mother Freedom #Juneteenth https://t.co/iI1DdcxJno
A great way to celebrate #Juneteenth? Support Black women filmmakers like @cgpeoples - her film @Juneteenthmovie d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) June 19, 2020
A great way to celebrate #Juneteenth? Support Black women filmmakers like @cgpeoples - her film @Juneteenthmovie d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Happy Emancipation Day! Just a few facts:The US was 3rd to last in the Americas to abolish slavery. The Emancipat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020
Happy Emancipation Day! Just a few facts:The US was 3rd to last in the Americas to abolish slavery. The Emancipat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In fact, the idea for the proclamation came because enslaved people emancipated themselves and ran away to Fort Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020
In fact, the idea for the proclamation came because enslaved people emancipated themselves and ran away to Fort Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
When their “owner” came to claim his property, the Union general over the fort decided that as “property”, the Unio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020
When their “owner” came to claim his property, the Union general over the fort decided that as “property”, the Unio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
So as we celebrate the last enslaved people learning they were free, let’s remember that all across the South ensla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020
So as we celebrate the last enslaved people learning they were free, let’s remember that all across the South ensla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Though it has long been celebrated among the African American community, it is a history that has been marginalized… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
Though it has long been celebrated among the African American community, it is a history that has been marginalized… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still unde… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still unde… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
For more than 250,000 African Americans, June 19, 1865, signaled the final day of their enslavement. Two and a half… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
For more than 250,000 African Americans, June 19, 1865, signaled the final day of their enslavement. Two and a half… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Not until Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX with 2,000 soldiers on June 19, 1865, did enslaved… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020
Not until Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX with 2,000 soldiers on June 19, 1865, did enslaved… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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