Juneteenth Is by Natasha Tripplett

Author:Natasha Tripplett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

Granddaddy’s deep voice reminds us why we’re here.

“It’s not the slam of dominoes or the slam dunk of the mac ’n’ cheese—sho’ was good though … It’s about the door of opportunity no longer slamming in our faces.”

Juneteenth is remembering lives long before our memories.

Sweat on our brows, cotton in our fingers, the straw that broke our mighty back.

A lump creeps into my throat.

The Proclamation took two years to be proclaimed.

June 19, 1865—the American Day of Freedom.

General Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read the order: Slaves are free.

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