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On this day in 1865, enslaved African Americans of Galveston, Texas received word of their freedom, that had been purposefully withheld for 2+ years after the Emancipation Proclamation. On #Juneteenth we continue to fight against systemic racism & build a freer, stronger country. https://t.co/TYvnCwF0IQ — PolitiTweet.org