Juneteenth

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Jun

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Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, Galveston, Juneteenth, Obama, President, texas, tweets

Juneteenth is a time to commemorate the anniversary of the delayed news of freedom reaching the enslaved Black folks in Galveston, Texas. Today, we remember that struggle for freedom as we reflect on how far we’ve come as a country—and on the work that remains undone.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2022

We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light. Let us all recommit oursel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2022

Today, I hope you’ll take some time to celebrate and learn more about Juneteenth. Here are some ways to recognize t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2022

Jun

Juneteenth: A Story Of Progress

By Nerdy Wonka 128 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, Barack Obama, Black History, Emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, freedom, Freedom Day, Galveston, history, Juneteenth, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, President, progress, slavery, texas, tweets

Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: https://t.co/KlOoYwdzD5
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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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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020

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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…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2020

Jun

Juneteenth: Freedom Day

By Nerdy Wonka 125 Comments

"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…
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) June 19, 2020

Harriet Tubman Mother Freedom #Juneteenth https://t.co/iI1DdcxJno
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Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 19, 2020

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A great way to celebrate #Juneteenth? Support Black women filmmakers like @cgpeoples - her film @Juneteenthmovie d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) 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…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

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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…
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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…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020

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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…
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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…
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Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 19, 2020

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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…
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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…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

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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…
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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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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2020

Jun

The Moment

By Nerdy Wonka 117 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: anniversary, Barack Obama, Emancipation Proclamation, Juneteenth, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, President, slavery, texas, tweets

Outside the Oval Office, I kept a painting of a small crowd huddled around a pocketwatch, waiting for the moment th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2019

On Juneteenth, we celebrate our capacity to make real the promise of our founding, that thing inside each of us tha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2019

Jun

Freedom: Juneteenth

By Nerdy Wonka 124 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, independence, Juneteenth, Political And Funny Tweets, slavery, tweets

A school in Richmond, Virginia, is dropping the name of a slaveholding confederate general and becoming Barack Obam… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 19, 2018

#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX. Known… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2018

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Today is Juneteenth, otherwise known as America's second Independence Day. And there's no better time to remember w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 19, 2018