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Sharing Our History Courtesy of CNN... What to Know About Juneteenth. Time To Stop Racism and Police Violence.

Sharing Our History Courtesy of CNN… What to Know About Juneteenth. Time To Stop Racism and Police Violence.

  (CNN ) — Juneteenth could not be coming at a more fitting time.

It’s a holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.

Today, June 19, this holiday commemorates…

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We have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Independence means, and we have him saying that the people of America are equal to the people of England. According to his construction, you Germans are not connected with it. Now I ask you in all soberness, if all these things, if indulged in, if ratified, if confirmed and endorsed, if taught to our children, and repeated to them, do not tend to rub out the sentiment of liberty in the country, and to transform this Government into a government of some other form.

Abraham Lincoln, speech at Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858

And if Germans are equal too, then it also applies to people of other countries, including the ones south of here.

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Every man.woman, and child seeks equal justice equal opportunities,equal dignity without discrimination regardless or race,sex,religion,sexual preference,or social status. When you were born... You were born with the same human rights as everyone else... You have the right to live.... You were born free and equal... To have freedom and choice of your religion and the freedom of expression... all men and women are created equal... ~Blood on the dance floor