The Hidden History of Juneteenth w/ Dr. Gerald Horne

Rania Khalek- Juneteenth “is a gift from the descendants of the unpaid sector of the working class- which we refer to as the enslaved- to the working class as a whole. Juneteenth as a federal holiday

Juneteenth, now recognized as a federal holiday in the United States, marks the day in 1865 when General Gordon Granger shared the news to enslaved people in Texas that they had been freed.

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