Deprivation permeated the nation as free black labor was terminated. Praise the Lord! Some white folks didn't want slavery (free labor) to end, and this is how the story began. June 19, 1865 is known as Black Independence Day. Black folks in Galveston, Texas were completely freed from slavery. Black people everywhere was lifting every fist to sing in freedom. The slaves in Galveston, Texas found out a few years later in the month of June (Juneteenth). Black folks were allowed to pursue some form of their freedoms. General Gordon Granger is accountable for the good news. He informed the enslaved they would no longer be oppressed and inhumanely supervised. President Lincoln wrote a historic document called the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863 aborting slavery throughout the United States of America. Galveston rejected the news of the memo. In light of not having enough representation of Union soldiers to enforce the new law in the state of Texas, the slave owners in Galveston opposed the law. The slave masters in Texas did not want to let all that free labor go! They just could not rearrange their brains for the change. I'm very sure the spirit of white supremacy was thriving and surviving. It is the number one reason why they did not obey the rules of the land. Why wasn't it enforced in every state? The same reason why black folks are still fighting for their human rights as American citizens in 2020, that's why. The same reason why some police officers can murder black unarmed people and get away with it, that is why. In order for black people to be truly free, it's imperative for white supremacy to die. Please understand that the original plan for freedom and justice was excluded from black people, especially the black man. In 1776 our forefathers were slaves. We were framed to be less than equal, and the sequel has continued on the menu. For centuries of black folk's tears, bloodstains in years, and the tireless fight to get civil rights is the same reason.
How are you going to get mad when people don't stand for an American flag that don't even honor its own American citizens, who pay taxes, and are not fully treated as American equals. Ever since black people of African descent were kidnapped from their homeland and brought to this American nation, raped in European colonization, they ain't never been given full access to the same rights as white people. For the record some were already here. All of them were NOT on that slave ship. They all know it! Preachers know it but will not show it. A blind man can see it. Politicians have witnessed the difference but for some reason are not willing to put on the armor of courage to make the difference. Why? It took the death of George Floyd for the other part of America to realize that all lives do not matter unless black lives matter. I am hopeful for the legislation that is coming. I am thankful to know we have folks of all skin colors who are on the right side of history fighting together to make changes.
This is why we celebrate June 19th. This is why we organize and fight against those who wish to cut off our freedoms. Juneteenth is not taught in American history, but it should be. America has not fully dealt with, slavery. America has that same old face and that same old taste. America, you need to change! The systems purposely put in place are working just as planned. We (you) need to dismantle them all, America.
How are you going to get mad when people don't stand for an American flag that don't even honor its own American citizens, who pay taxes, and are not fully treated as American equals. Ever since black people of African descent were kidnapped from their homeland and brought to this American nation, raped in European colonization, they ain't never been given full access to the same rights as white people. For the record some were already here. All of them were NOT on that slave ship. They all know it! Preachers know it but will not show it. A blind man can see it. Politicians have witnessed the difference but for some reason are not willing to put on the armor of courage to make the difference. Why? It took the death of George Floyd for the other part of America to realize that all lives do not matter unless black lives matter. I am hopeful for the legislation that is coming. I am thankful to know we have folks of all skin colors who are on the right side of history fighting together to make changes.
This is why we celebrate June 19th. This is why we organize and fight against those who wish to cut off our freedoms. Juneteenth is not taught in American history, but it should be. America has not fully dealt with, slavery. America has that same old face and that same old taste. America, you need to change! The systems purposely put in place are working just as planned. We (you) need to dismantle them all, America.
