June 19 marks the day the last enslaved African Americans learned of their emancipation in Galveston, Texas, months after the Civil War ended 155 years ago.
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Congrats America! I’m so proud of you! They’ve pounce on Juneteenth after 155 years! It’s surreal. We’ve always celebrated it, for decades! I’m really happy to see everyone catching up after so dang long! I love it and I hate it because it’s only a token and symbolism. If you’d REALLY like to do something significant, toss systemic racism into the trash and don’t dig it back out next week! Cops, don’t shoot our backs for running away from your scary asses! Y’all murderers and we don’t doubt your bloodlust! STAND DOWN!!!
Why the f do we need another damn holiday. When the people in the section8 housing by work cant even pick up their trash. If you dont want cops picking on you. Dont do anything to arouse their suspicion.
How about celebrating by only buying from black businesses. Wouldn’t it be nice if all nine black businesses closed for this day to allow black businesses to thrive.
the whites are pissed lmfaooo
This is so crazy. I’m from Texas and I’ve always known and celebrated Juneteenth. I never knew it wasn’t known by Black people around the country, but better late than never.
It's amazing until blacks need attention not one word of this came out. It's amazing they only use racism for attention.its amazing how many blacks stand and disagree with your racist asses.
I call bullshit on that June supposed holiday. 60 years and never heard one word of it . Most spent living in ghettos who the hell do you people think will swallow that lie?
Yeah, no!
Maybe they should have been teaching it then? Thank Trump for shining a spotlight on a previously ignored day of remembrance, even if it seems unintentional, as I'm sure less than half of you had even heard of Juneteenth prior to the Tulsa rally announcement.
Fuck yeah new holiday how can anyone be angry at this
If you can celebrate Cinco de Mayo and St. Patrick's Day, you can celebrate Juneteenth, even more so.
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TJ Holmes is fine 😍
Non mask wearers are my instant friends!
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Praise God
Feliz Juneteenth, amig@s! 👍🏼
Thank you Donald John Trump for recognizing this day and making it public
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America isn't capable of doing what's right, all this insignificant changes wont change America behaviour towards blacks. They had 400 year to do the right thing.
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Juneteenth is not a 'new' holiday, its just you never had need to celebrate it !
I give more weight to the soldiers that fought and died for their freedom over the recipients of that freedom. Juneteenth can celebrate their sacrifice as well as black freedom. A holiday has to be inclusive for all Americans to be valued.
The NFL are a bunch of punkass hypocrites. Juneteenth should have always been a national holiday and most importantly black American descendants of chattel slavery are still owed a huge debt and reparations for the institution of slavery and all the accrued systemic disadvantage we continue to suffer from. #ADOSREPARATIONS #THISISWHYREPARATIONS #ADOSPROTECTEDCLASS #NOBLACKAGENDANOBLACKVOTE
PHONY LIB BULLSHIT.
Looks like my Haitian flag, first black nation of the world 🤷🏾♂️
Let's see we have Black History "MONTH"…..We have Black Colleges and Universities…..We have Black Magazines……We have Affirmative Action in the Employment world……and now June 19th is called Juneteenth……So tell me again how are the Black Community being suppressed, oppressed, and just plain mistreated……
It's Juneteenth y'all and shit is getting serious. Trump moving his 1st rally to Tulsa in response to the protest is racist and sends a message to intimidate Black folks and encourage racist Whites to commit violence against Black people. Look at the history here
https://youtu.be/Fo5opRD-sw8
Better late than never that change is starting to happen slowly.
The messager had to stop by the kkk rally before delivering the message to the southern… it sounds about white 👺
I ain't celebrating that $h!t, I'll take the holiday pay though lol.
BLM is the black KKK