Kettering Foundation 9d ago

Galveston, Texas. June 19, 1865. US Army Major General Gordon Granger arrives with Black Union soldiers and announces the end of slavery in Texas. This is our Juneteenth origin story. Last summer, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed joined us on #TheContext to discuss the history of Juneteenth, why it matters, and the transformative potential of facing the full truth of our country’s past, both good and bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7JdPsJDyto