Juneteenth — Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Cel-Liberation Day — whatever you like to call it, commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last remaining enslaved African-Americans were emancipated. For anyone trying to do the math in their head, yes, President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1,…
Chelsea CicconeJune 19, 2020