Soulful Liberation

4: Why is Juneteenth important?


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In this episode, Angi talks about

-What Juneteenth is

-Why's it's so important and 

-How we can celebrate it this year and the many years to come!


Today is  independence day for people of African Descent , those that have ancestors that were enslaved. 

Today marks a day where many years ago, a union general by the name of Gordon Granger gave an order that officially ended the enslavement of people with a certain shade of skin color.


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Read the Emancipation Proclamation here:

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/emancipate.htm



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