Memory and reparations of slavery, eternal challenges for Texas
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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 ... »AP - David J. Phillip
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 announced the immediate release of the slaves.
This date marks 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 American Congress has just (this Wednesday, June 16, 2021) to vote for June 19 to become the 11th public holiday in all of the United States….
For 156 years, from Galveston to Houston, we have commemorated the anniversary of the end of slavery, but also the road that remains to be covered to heal the wounds.
“Memory and reparations for slavery, eternal challenges for Texas”, by Thomas Harms.
(Replay of June 18, 2021)
Juneteenth music celebration, June 19, 2020, in Los Angeles.
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