Today is Juneteenth, a day long recognized as an important one in Black history years before it was recognized as a federal holiday. Today, I think about not just the emancipation of the great many enslaved people, including my ancestors, but I also think of the many generations of Americans since 1865. My family from and still living in East Texas towns such as Lufkin and Nacogdoches; my distant relatives now spanning as far west as California and as far east as New Jersey; and my immediate family right here in the Austin area.
What Juneteenth means to me
What Juneteenth means to me
What Juneteenth means to me
Today is Juneteenth, a day long recognized as an important one in Black history years before it was recognized as a federal holiday. Today, I think about not just the emancipation of the great many enslaved people, including my ancestors, but I also think of the many generations of Americans since 1865. My family from and still living in East Texas towns such as Lufkin and Nacogdoches; my distant relatives now spanning as far west as California and as far east as New Jersey; and my immediate family right here in the Austin area.