1776-07-04 Declaration of Ind. "life, liberty" [for white men only]^1.
Via @aclu^2
1863-01-01 Emancipation Proclamation
1865-06-19 EP & Civil War end announced to TX enslaved
1865-12-06 13th amend
Why celebrate July 4 more than #Juneteenth when rights were declared for all, not only white men?
^1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#Slavery_and_the_Declaration
^2 https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1273944617600184320
Yesterday was #Juneteenth, a holiday I hadn’t heard of before this June. Read a bit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
Grateful @Mozilla closed that day.
Thanks @GavinNewsom https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1274043072045813760
Please make it an official paid state holiday like TX VA NY PA (per Wikipedia).
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/06/19/governor-newsom-issues-proclamation-declaring-juneteenth-day-of-observance-2/
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