Juneteenthwas initially celebrated mainly in Texas. Though the Emancipation Proclamation applied to the rebellious state, itwasn’t enforceduntil federal soldiers arrived in the region in June 1865. According to historianHenry Louis Gates Jr., news of Granger’s order spread slowly to Tex...
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