Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld

Image credit: Riki32 via Pixabay. Opinion article by Damien Davis. Hyperallergic – June 18, 2025.

When the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, it brought with it General Order No. 3 — news of emancipation that had been technically in effect for more than two years. For many enslaved Black people in Texas, that day marked the first official recognition of a freedom they had never been allowed to claim. […]

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