Rep. Watson Coleman Issues Statement Commemorating Juneteenth
June 19, 2024
June 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
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Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth:
"Today marks 159 years since the news of emancipation finally reached enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865 -- more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
"The news was de . . .
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Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth:
"Today marks 159 years since the news of emancipation finally reached enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865 -- more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
"The news was de . . .