🎨✊🏾 #ArtIsAWeapon #Juneteenth "Free At Last" by #artist Ted T. Ellis. ___________________ Regrann from @naacp - Celebrate #Juneteenth 🇺🇸 Saluting the great Ted T. Ellis, celebrated American Artist and Art Ambassador for the National Juneteenth Organization, on this day of celebration and remembrance. This work is “Free At Last” from his Juneteenth Freedom Project and Emancipation Series. Learn more about Ellis and his work at tellisfineart.com || One of the Great Independence Days to Commemorate: If you don’t know? Now you know. June 19, 1865 is the day many historians record that the last American slaves finally got the official news that the Civil War was over and Union soldiers won the #freedom of countless African-Americans. It took 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation for those in Texas to get that news. While we fight different (and seemingly not so different) battles in 2018, June 19th—Juneteenth—is one of the key independence days Americans commemorate🇺🇸 || And speaking of #Texas, join us there July 14-18 in #SanAntonio for the #naacpconvention, working to get out the #vote, on #environmental justice issues, more. Register now: naacpconvention.org || #ThisIsAmerica #TedTEllis #FreedomDay #JuneteenthArt #SocialJustice #Freedom