Juneteenth: 15 Powerful Facts That Reveal The Holiday’s True History

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Juneteenth is one of the most important days in African American history, but we bet there’s still a lot you don’t know about this historic occasion. Here are some surprising facts that you may not know.

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1. It’s The “Black 4th of July”
“Juneteenth Culture Fest” se celebrará este sábado 14 de junio  
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In his Independence Day oration, Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is constant victim.”

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