
Senator Bob Casey @SenBobCasey
Juneteenth marks both the end of slavery and the beginning of a long and ongoing struggle to overcome the inequality that institution created. We celebrate the progress we’ve made while also recognizing how painfully slow that progress has come. — PolitiTweet.org
Smithsonian NMAAHC @NMAAHC
#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two ye… https://t.co/GouX39zpTZ