Rep. Waters' Juneteenth Message: 'Everything is Going to Be Alright'
June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020
LOS ANGELES, California, June 22 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) delivered an uplifting message to the African American community in recognition of Juneteenth, the holiday that recognizes the true end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865 - more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery -- Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas to m . . .
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) delivered an uplifting message to the African American community in recognition of Juneteenth, the holiday that recognizes the true end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865 - more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery -- Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas to m . . .