Northern Arizona University: Celebrating Juneteenth
June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, June 15 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news:
In January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared almost three million enslaved people living in Confederate states free. More than two years later, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform the last enslaved people of their freedom. Juneteenth is the official recognition of that day.
It was not until 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independe . . .
In January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared almost three million enslaved people living in Confederate states free. More than two years later, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform the last enslaved people of their freedom. Juneteenth is the official recognition of that day.
It was not until 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independe . . .