Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, celebrates the arrival of Union troops to Galveston to announce that more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas were free. @Virsec honors this day as a chance to learn, celebrate and reflect. Learn more here: https://hubs.ly/Q02Cvhlt0
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Today, we celebrate freedom and resilience, recognizing the journey towards equality! #Juneteenth #celebrateequality Learn more about how Juneteeth plays a significant part in the nation’s past and future. https://lnkd.in/erNpfEde
On June 19, 1865, federal troops went into Texas to effectively end slavery in the U.S. and create a day of celebration and independence. The #Juneteenth flag symbolizes the freedom of Black Americans and honors their critical role in fighting for and spreading the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about the history of this day and its significance: https://wwp.news/3Vieehm
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What were the experiences of Black American liberators during WWII? In honor of Black History Month, explore our lesson plan to access testimony clips of Black American liberators and help students consider their experiences in the context of the discrimination they faced at home and in the armed forces. https://hubs.li/Q02lFdJ00
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Today we celebrate Juneteenth, which marks a pivotal moment in American history. Juneteenth symbolizes freedom and the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19th, 1865, Union Army general Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom for slaves in Texas nearly 2 ½ years after the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation. At Pacolet, we continue to educate ourselves, support each other, and work towards a future where diversity, equity, and inclusion are valued and upheld. Learn more about #Juneteenth here: https://lnkd.in/g4EX_uUD
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Today is Juneteenth, a day celebrating the end of a horrific period of American history that many people still have a difficult time reckoning with. "Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as 'Juneteenth,' by the newly freed people in Texas." "The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth": https://lnkd.in/ejd2puYH I have read various pieces on Juneteenth, including the Wikipedia entry, and they all include important insights and historical facts. Do you have a recommended article, podcast, or video on the topic?
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Lincoln didn’t free “the slaves” and Gordon Granger, was accompanied by as many as 10,000 Black Union troops when he delivered the message of freedom in Texas on Juneteenth. So, let’s get it right this Juneteenth, y’all. Aight, so when the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted on January 1st, 1863, it only applied to the Confederate States, which was a different country. Also, it didn’t “free” any Black folks in border states who remained with the Union. States like Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland still enslaved us. Secondly, Lincoln didn’t fight in the war, so that freedom was contingent upon those Black soldiers helping the Union win the war; which they did. If they didn’t win, the Confederacy would’ve been maintained. And let’s not act like Black people hadn’t been freeing themselves since 1526, since Stono, since Nat Turner, since Harriet Tubman. What the Emancipation Proclamation provided was a dangling carrot that said, if you help maintain the Union, we might help secure your freedom as an institution. Aight, now let’s get to Union General Gordon Granger who delivered news of the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, TX. He did a great thing, but he also came with about 10,000 Black Union troops who went throughout Texas to enforce the proclamation and freedom. Because yo, there is no freedom for us without military enforcement. Why don’t we talk about brothas who accompanied him like Sergeant Major Minkins, for example? So, on this Juneteenth, let’s shed light on Black freedom fighters who first freed themselves and fought for our freedom, and the 28th Indiana, 29th Illinois, and combined New York 26th and 31st Regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops. Let’s get it right. 🚨 If you want access to College Board’s Black Studies course, (which is being banned as we speak) to learn more facts like this, check out the link in my comments and let’s get this at your local school! #collegeboard #apush #advancedplacement #juneteenth #lincoln #slavery #freedom #blackhistory #ushistory #racism #texas #dei #antiracism
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We Have Your B.A.C.C. Black Americans Citizens Community Don't Get Me Started! Commentary By Sisztah C You see this is what contradicts or is conflicting about DJT campaign slogan. Make America Great Again? Sounds Nice. It has been back then, just like now a shame and stain on America history.. America from it's conception has never been about equality or justice that is why it's not great. It appears that way on the outside, but behind closed doors is the truth!!!! The dirty secrets no one wants to talk about, because their has ALWAYS BEEN A SECRET SOCIETY! The same as the was an UNDERGROUND RAILROAD!!!! The proof is in the pudding with this one of many that were never acknowledged or honored for their service as Black American Military Soldiers that fought for America. Do you think that was by accident or that all those Black Americans Soldiers paperwork was lost or misplaced. Yes, the same way the several thousands voters ballots disappear and appear!!!! People are quick to tell Black Americans you should let it go about the past. Why, do you have to keep bringing up race? 70 years is not that long ago. Any person who work in government that don't know about history of racist people or ignore the history. History will repeat itself this is why we won't let it go!!!! The Soldiers and many Black People of Color are and have not been honored or recognized for their achievements, commitment and dedication. We know many have bled suffered and died for this country military or no military. We can not allow the rich history of Black Americans journey to be forgotten. It's up to us to be the truth tellers. All of us have to rewrite but not whitewash history. We have to make better history for all people!!!! I guess the American clock that the Black American Benjamin Banneker built didn't help the government selective memory. In 1752, Banneker garnered public acclaim by building a clock entirely out of wood. The clock, believed to be the first built in America, kept precise time for decades. In 1789, Banneker began making astronomical calculations that enabled him to successfully forecast a solar eclipse.Nov 9, 2023 https://www.loc.gov › item › nove... Today in History - November 9 | Library of Congress The soldier is being honored 70 yrs later! It's About Time! https://lnkd.in/est7Z_bf
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Ernest Crim III tells the story of emancipation the way every educational institution and every religious organization ought to present it. The plain-sight fact we must all face is that a false narrative has been sustained across eight generations by institutional powers that deny the whole truth. The reason why the vast majority of White Americans don't know their own true history is because they actively hide the truth of the behaviors of those White men they revere while erasing the extraordinary feats of bravery, strategy, intellect and determination of Black people who were the principal reason the Confederacy lost. That erasure is plain-sight evidence today of a national effort to sustain willful ignorance across the landscape of White America, which boasts its love of White freedom while relegating Black freedom to the back of the freedom celebration bus each year. W.E.B. Du Bois wrote "Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880" and told the story in great detail. But K-12 schools today, including those led by Black educators, don't use this timeless contribution to understanding the truth about the Civil War and its aftermath. The last chapter is titled, "The Propaganda of History" and Du Bois reveals specifically the names of white supremacists who created the false narratives that White America still indoctrinates all children under its influence to believe today. To counter this false narrative, there must be a complete overhaul of the K-12 course of history, social studies, civics and economics in every school. Until then, we must elevate critical voices like Ernest Crim III and others who tell the unvarnished truth about America and her two-tiered celebration of the sacrosanct belief in FREEDOM.
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Lincoln didn’t free “the slaves” and Gordon Granger, was accompanied by as many as 10,000 Black Union troops when he delivered the message of freedom in Texas on Juneteenth. So, let’s get it right this Juneteenth, y’all. Aight, so when the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted on January 1st, 1863, it only applied to the Confederate States, which was a different country. Also, it didn’t “free” any Black folks in border states who remained with the Union. States like Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland still enslaved us. Secondly, Lincoln didn’t fight in the war, so that freedom was contingent upon those Black soldiers helping the Union win the war; which they did. If they didn’t win, the Confederacy would’ve been maintained. And let’s not act like Black people hadn’t been freeing themselves since 1526, since Stono, since Nat Turner, since Harriet Tubman. What the Emancipation Proclamation provided was a dangling carrot that said, if you help maintain the Union, we might help secure your freedom as an institution. Aight, now let’s get to Union General Gordon Granger who delivered news of the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, TX. He did a great thing, but he also came with about 10,000 Black Union troops who went throughout Texas to enforce the proclamation and freedom. Because yo, there is no freedom for us without military enforcement. Why don’t we talk about brothas who accompanied him like Sergeant Major Minkins, for example? So, on this Juneteenth, let’s shed light on Black freedom fighters who first freed themselves and fought for our freedom, and the 28th Indiana, 29th Illinois, and combined New York 26th and 31st Regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops. Let’s get it right. 🚨 If you want access to College Board’s Black Studies course, (which is being banned as we speak) to learn more facts like this, check out the link in my comments and let’s get this at your local school! #collegeboard #apush #advancedplacement #juneteenth #lincoln #slavery #freedom #blackhistory #ushistory #racism #texas #dei #antiracism
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The rich history of Black women in American military history since the Revolutionary War is too extensive to be summarized, but in honor of Black History Month, let’s take a moment to appreciate some historical highlights: https://hubs.ly/Q02k4q_g0 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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Disclaimer: Black people do not exist politically as a monolith philosophically. Politically, perhaps it may behoove Black people to function intentionally as a power broker in U.S. politics more than the community has to date. Facts: Black Americans serve in the Army at a rate that is higher than their representation in the U.S. population. Black Americans serve in the Intelligence Community at a rate that is lower than their representation in the U.S. population. In the Marines, Air Force, and Navy, Black Americans serve aggregately in percentages tracking the general US population percentage, however, witness smaller percentages of representation at the officer level in all branches of the Armed Forces. Certainly, it would make sense that Black people in the US who study human historical records since the 18th century would know for certain that the Black body in the United States has been exploited systematically for the establishment of many sectors that drive contemporary US economy and civil society (including, but not limited to global capital markets, medicine, nursing, and psychology). Historical records will substantiate the point that Black people served as combatants - paid and unpaid - in all US wars since the 1700s, but that there have been differentiated treatment and oppression in the home front before, during, and after the return of those soldiers from deployment. Black people have been deployed in more than a few instances to do the works for the United States government as ordered by the Armed Forces. When ones review the lives of many soldiers POST-service (including honorably and dishonorably discharged individuals), one may find that indeed there have been many Black families whose lives have been impacted beyond repair due to war. Simultaneously, another group of Black people that includes former military personnel within civil society confront the legislative and executive leadership about their directives and utilization of military force and/or budget to do that which many Black people (Africans in the United States, America's Africans, African-Americans, original peoples of the Earth as otherwise known) find deplorable, morally bankrupt, or suspicious at the very minimum.
“There is a perception in some Black communities that when the US goes to war, Black people will be more likely to perish.” Why are Black Americans less likely to support military action? Naima Green-Riley and Andrew Leber explain the data and its policy ramifications in this Foreign Affairs Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3Ts40Km
The Race Gap That Shapes American Views of War
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