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Rooted in Freedom – Explore the Juneteenth Collection.
Juneteenth marks the day — June 19, 1865 — when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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In the years after emancipation, many newly freed Black Americans purchased land specifically to hold Juneteenth celebrations — even when denied access to public spaces
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