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On this day in 1865, enslaved African Americans of Galveston received word of their freedom, which had been purposefully withheld for 2+ years after the Emancipation Proclamation. On #Juneteenth, we continue to fight against systemic racism and build a freer, stronger country. https://t.co/9oQNPuvwAz — PolitiTweet.org