Juneteenth, our true Independence Day, is here, let us rejoice and support Black businesses. The oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery is officially here, so it’s time for BOSSIP’s annual Best In Black-Owned gift guide. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr80YIPJT47/?hl=en Juneteenth, observed annually on June 19th and declared a federal holiday by President Biden in 2021, […]
On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln, Union General Gordon Granger informed the enslaved Galveston Bay, TX that they were actually free. An estimated 250,000 slaves had no idea that their suppression was over because some slaveholders were not willing to communicate the news. Some say that upon learning of their freedom, they "threw their rags into the river" and dressed as freedmen, hence why on the Juneteenth holiday some dress their best to partake in festivities. Per our report here, yesterday President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act which formally recognizes Juneteenth as a federal holiday. “Great nations don’t ignore their most painful moments…they embrace them. Great nations don’t walk away, they come to terms with the mistakes they’ve made. In remembering those moments, we begin to heal and grow stronger.”
