Memory and reparations of slavery, eternal challenges for Texas
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A statue depicts a man holding the state law that made Juneteenth a state holiday.
It premieres Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Galveston, Texas.
The inscription on the statue reads: "On June 19, 1865, at the end of the Civil War, US Army General Gordon Granger issued an order to Galveston declaring that the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 was in force.
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By: Thomas Harms Follow
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On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union soldiers arrived in the last Confederate city in the country.
General Gordon Granger then announces the immediate release of slaves, and the effective end of slavery throughout the United States.
This town is Galveston, Texas.
This large triangular commercial port is today a seaside resort, a tourist attraction, historical and a place of memory on the outskirts of one of the big black cities of the country, Houston ...
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Even if the United States Congress has just (this Wednesday, June 16, 2021) voted for June 19 to become the 11th public holiday in all of the United States, for 156 years, from Galveston to Houston, we have been commemorating the anniversary of the end of slavery, but also the road that still remains to be covered in order to heal the wounds.
“Memory and reparations for slavery, eternal challenges for Texas”, by Thomas Harms.
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