Civil Rights Division Assistant A.G. Dreiband Issues Statement Regarding Juneteenth
June 20, 2020
June 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband issued the following statement on June 19 regarding Juneteenth:
"On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first announced to enslaved African-Americans in Texas. On that day, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and that the enslaved were now free. This was two and a ha . . .
"On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first announced to enslaved African-Americans in Texas. On that day, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and that the enslaved were now free. This was two and a ha . . .