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emanicipation from slavery in 1863

June 19 Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the US. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas, referencing June 19, 1865. The enforcement of the ending of slavery had been slow and inconsistent in Texas, as the most remote state in the former Confederacy.

RW republicans want to limit teaching why it's a holiday. They don't like schools teaching about the history of racism.