The name "Juneteenth" is a combination of the words "June" and "Nineteenth," which is the date in 1865 when this powerful moment in African-American history took place.
The name "Juneteenth" is a combination of the words "June" and "Nineteenth," which is the date in 1865 when this powerful moment in African-American history took place.
When Opal Lee was just twelve years old, her house in Fort Worth Texas was burned down by a mob who decided that her family..