JUNETEENTH... WHICH HONORS THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES... IS NOW A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED THE BILL MAKING JUNE 19-TH THE OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH... WITH MSU DENVER'S DR. KATIA CAMPBELL.
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--Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
-- Its name stems from June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, issued General Order No. 3, which announced that in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, “all slaves are free.” Months later, the 13th Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the final four border states that had not been subjected to President Abraham Lincoln’s order.
-- Dr. Campbell focuseson rhetoric, cultural representation, popular media and critical pedagogy. She also consults and facilitates workshops on communication and diversity, media literacy, public speaking and dialogic ethics.