Twitter Lights Up In Celebration Of Juneteenth
African American communities are coming together today to celebrate the end of slavery in America.
Juneteenth goes back to June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger and his Union soldiers came to Texas with the news that the war had ended and the enslaved were now free. This came just two and a half years after former President Lincoln signed into law the Emancipation Proclamation.
Also known as Freedom Day, Juneteenth is celebrated annually to commemorate this time in history.
Lots of people around the globe are pushing for Juneteenth to become a national holiday, considering we have Fourth of July.
Not only are groups holding events, but people are tweeting in solidarity.
Today is #Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Happy Independence and Emancipation Day!
— Women's March (@womensmarch) June 19, 2017
📷 Austin History Center pic.twitter.com/OxaOFCItJl
https://twitter.com/ava/status/876821152072474624
Happy #Juneteenth! 152 years ago marked the end of slavery in the US. We're still fighting and we'll continue to fight for true freedom! pic.twitter.com/Q3A8EFTkTx
— xoNecole (@xonecole) June 19, 2017
Happy #Juneteenth to all my beautiful black people. We've come a long way and have even longer to go✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾✊🏽
— RJ’s babysitter 👦🏽 (@Brad_Lee13) June 19, 2017
Got my entire life at this #Juneteenth parade I went to today. The melanin was in full effect pic.twitter.com/wxiP464EoO
— Afro-Namekian (@DJTreG) June 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/eisaiah_e/status/876896845892644868
#Juneteenth celebrates the day that freedom was finally realized by enslaved African Americans everywhere. More: https://t.co/7QV0LyyZii pic.twitter.com/nmAmEwxQyo
— Smithsonian’s NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) June 19, 2017
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