Buffalo State College: Juneteenth Recognition Gains Momentum, Significance in Wake of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter Protests
June 17, 2021
June 17, 2021
BUFFALO, New York, June 17 -- Buffalo State College issued the following news release:
Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, seems poised to become the nation's newest federally observed holiday. Also known as "Emancipation Day," "Freedom Day," or "Jubilee Day," Juneteenth recognizes the date on which Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved A . . .
Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, seems poised to become the nation's newest federally observed holiday. Also known as "Emancipation Day," "Freedom Day," or "Jubilee Day," Juneteenth recognizes the date on which Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved A . . .