Juneteenth 1865-2022: The Pursuit of Economic Equality

Thank you for sharing this, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL! It is a rather long video for daytime, will try to watch this later... Watching the beginning now...

https://youtu.be/gtUctFAO8ds

1.) Frederick Douglass
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (1852)

SOURCE : https://edsitement.neh.gov/student-activities/frederick-douglasss-what-slave-fourth-july


2.) On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas. He informed the enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as Juneteenth — a combination of June and 19 — for over 150 years.

We will begin this celebration with a rendition of the Negro National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

SOURCE :

https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/juneteenth

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Mon, 05.01.1865
The First American Memorial Day is Commemorated

“On this date in 1865, former Black slaves started Memorial Day in America.

This occurred at The Charleston Racetrack (below), in Charleston, SC., after the American Civil War.  It was to honor about 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp.

They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom.

Together with teachers and missionaries, Black residents of Charleston organized a May Day ceremony that year which was covered by the New York Tribune and other national papers.”

SOURCE : https://aaregistry.org/story/the-first-american-memorial-day-is-commemorated/

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL thanks for the JUNETEENTH VIDEO SHARE OF THE DAY.