"The Truth about Juneteenth"

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Author Message   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 2973 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 10:17 pm:        June 19th is traditionally embraced as the day in 1863 when slaves in Texas learned they'd been freed. But historian Hari Jones, Assistant Director of the African-American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., says many are misinformed about the true significance of the holiday. On a recent visit to the museum, the program helps listeners get it right. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91633172&ft=1&f=1015   Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 6958 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 10:22 am:        June 19th is traditionally embraced as the day in 1863 when slaves in Texas learned they'd been freed (I thought everybody knew that it was the day in 1865 when they actually found it out--two years after the Emancipation Proclaimation.)