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Juneteenth commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States.

On this day in 1865, union troops arrived in Galveston Island to inform the enslaved people in Texas that the heinous system of slavery had ended. This declaration of freedom took place two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth raises the important question of the legacy of slavery and the root causes of white supremacy. U.S. capitalism was literally built on the backs of African slaves and on the theft of Indigenous lands. The original promise of an acre and a mule to all those enslaved was reneged on and the period of Black reconstruction was overthrown.

This legacy is still with us today and reflected in modern day police departments whose history can be traced back to the slave catchers and to mass incarceration.

We support the demand for reparations. We believe it is up to the Black community to decide how and what form reparations take.

On this day we pay homage to those who lost their lives in the 1921 massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Tulsa massacre and burning of what is described as the “Black Wall Street” took the lives of hundreds of Black people by white racist mobs.

#Juneteenth #BlackLivesMatter #ReparationsNow

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lets roll up with mama

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『let your voice resonate within me and be heard』

happy pride month :)

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I swallowed a golf ball.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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I'll just stay home, keep missing out and stay single for the rest of my life 🙂🥲

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spending his bounteous inheritance

Original photo credit: Pygmy Falcon chick at the San Antonio Zoo

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Funding for the "Burning Mystery Machine" is brought to you by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and contributions to your PBS stations from Viewers Like You

Thank you. 💛

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