What is Juneteenth? U.S. slavery (video)

KTLA 5, 6/19/22; TED-Ed, 2/23; ABC10, 6/20; Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Los Angeles reporter Laila Muhammad, KFI AM 640 (iheart.com)

What is Juneteenth?

(ABC10) The holiday commemorating the freedom of African Americans, Juneteenth (Emancipation Day Jan. 1, 1863, delayed to June 19th, 1865), was recognized only after the last slaves were told about the Emancipation Proclamation. It is our country's Second Independence Day, the other being July 4th.

What is Juneteenth, and why is it important?

(TED-Ed) Let's get to know the history of Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States [excluding wage slavery and mass incarceration and Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome].

At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last bastions of the Confederacy, [with the help of police, authorities, and the KKK].

This was the case when Union General Gordon Granger marched his troops into Galveston, Texas on June 19th and announced that all enslaved people there were officially free.

Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio dig into the history of Juneteenth. Lesson by Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio, directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist.

• VIDEO: Max Park solves Rubik's Cube in Long Beach in a world-record time of about 3 seconds
• Prison Policy Initiative
• Incarceration in the United States