Rep. Schakowsky: Statement Recognizing Juneteenth
June 20, 2020
June 20, 2020
EVANSTON, Illinois, June 20 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on June 19 recognizing Juneteenth, country's second Independence Day:
"Today we honor the end of slavery in the United States and the day in 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation - issued by President Lincoln two and a half years earlier - finally reached the last remaining slaves in Texas. The year following, freedmen in Texas organized the first annual celebration of " . . .
"Today we honor the end of slavery in the United States and the day in 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation - issued by President Lincoln two and a half years earlier - finally reached the last remaining slaves in Texas. The year following, freedmen in Texas organized the first annual celebration of " . . .