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Juneteenth

Juneteenth is an African-American celebration on June 19, the day in 1865 that news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached slaves in Galveston, Texas—two years after it was issued. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.

Ralph Ellison's last novel (1999) was titled Juneteenth.

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Juneteenth, a world-wide celebration web pages (http://www.juneteenth.com)

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