What Juneteenth Can Teach Communicators About Authenticity
The very abbreviated Juneteenth history is that the Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved people in the United States. The proclamation was only upheld in territories and states where Union soldiers were present to enforce it. News – and enforcement – of the proclamation didn’t reach Texas until June 19, 1865. Yes, …