Juneteenth: Freedom At Last 

I can't believe we weren't taught in school about Juneteenth.

This should become a National holiday in America.Black History is Part of American history.

We need something like this in Akron, Ohio. Lived in Texas 30 yrs. and learned/experienced what my parents who where native Texans talked about. Good for everyone's soul.

In junior high school, when it came time to write book reports, my mother made me write book reports on books of black heros, such as Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglas, etc., because she knew that I would only learn black history if she taught it to me. None of my teachers ever heard of the subjects of my book reports. Pathetic.

Thanks for the history. I was born and raised in Galveston.

Actually, Black Union Soldiers delivered the message of freedom on June 15th but they could not read the General Order because Blacks was not allowed to read the order; therefore General Gordon was sent to read the General Order on June 19th! This is important because it shows that Black courageous men took important roles in freeing their people. In addition, 180,000 Black men ans women fought in the army and 200,000 more fought in other branches of the military but never received any recognition from the military or through the history books. Black men fought and died for their own independence not Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln freed slaves that was in rebellion against the government. Congress saw that the South was becoming to powerful and wealthy. Moreover, the South was able to count their slaves as three fifth of a human being which would given them more representation in Congress. This would given the Southern Politicians more electoral votes which would have given the power to elect the presidents of the United States. This is the reason Lincoln and the Northern Congress wanted to outlaw slavery. They knew that slavery was power and money for the South to control the United States. Remember, Lincoln owned slaves and many Northern Politicians owned plantations in the south!!

I hate to admit it, but I'm just learning what Juneteenth was about. I think making it a national holiday is a great idea, because of the history involved, and to acknowledge- " Yo- the civil war is over- were all in this together now".

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I can't believe it either,,,,, I have no recognition or remembering,,,, in all of my school days being taught or for that matter anything ever being said,,,,,, about Juneteenth,,,,,, I did not come to know of Juneteenth until I was a fully grown man,,,,, But I do suspect this is exactly why they created,,,,, the phrase (Separate but equal!) Meaning it was up to our own people to teach us our own history,,,,, which we call now African American history 🧐📚📖

Happy Juneteenth✊✊

TY! I will be sharing this clip!

HAPPY JUNETEENTH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!!!!!!!

Now research red summer 1919...

My brothers and sisters I love you. We are very strong 💪🏾 and intelligent people. Mankind came from Africa.

In school...... the history text books read didn't have this character of my black history in it. Text books mostly talked about a few black civil rights leaders and that was it. (Martin Luther King Jr.) I had no idea their was two independence day celebration of freedom. July 4th was all I was taught. SMH........ June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth) was the official FREEDOM DAY for all black people. Juneteenth, needs to be a official HOLIDAY. We will must know our real official black history Knowledge is POWER

Exactly. Don’t be ashamed of being a slave, OWN IT. That’s our strength!

Thank you for the video. Well done, Rambo's voice is amazing.

Why don’t we learn this in school-

"Freedom at Last" didn't come until *December 6, 1865* . That's when slavery in America officially was abolished, when the 13th Amendment was ratified and added to the U.S. Constitution.

Lister and learn from the elders while they are still alive. When they are gone the wicked will try to twist our American history.

Happy Juneteenth!

such a shame juneteenth isn’t do widely known like 4th of july i’m not american but know about 4th of july yet didn’t know about juneteenth apparently, it isn’t taught even in american schools

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Celebrate! Pres. Lincoln, known as the first Republican, sent Union troops representing the Republic to Texas to help free the last of their slaves. Southern slavery is a stain on our country's history but this military action to liberate Texas slaves is well worth celebrating.

Aussi important que le Memorial Day, vive le Juneteenth!!!

We kind look back at Juneteenth 1865 and be proud that we made it to 2022.

Never heard of it 2022

Well done Mr.Rambo! It as been a very long time!!!!❤️🖤💚 Happy Juneteenth!

2023 Happy 157th Juneteenth Liberation Day Weekend Holiday.

First time hearing about it.....that's a dam shame...yes.....why isn't it a holiday?I am very happy to know that there is such a day and will do my best to educate myself more about it and yes celebrate that day....it is a day for celebration.

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Our ancestors set the stage, These were strong and powerful people just like us that they left behind, Black History should take a front roll seat in our schools.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU and Asante SANA!!! For referring to our ANCESTORS as "enslaved" Afrikans or "Afikans who were enslaved"!!! I am SOOOOOOO TIRED of hearing "scholars", learn-ed folk with their Doctorates and PhDs referring to our own HUE-man family as "slaves"!!! Especially in this country where we have been "Willie Lynched" and had it ingrained in most of us to think of Afrikans or Black/Dark-skinned souls as being the only ones on the planet who "are slaves". Thank you and Asante Sana for your brief but well produced and well spoken presentation!

Great video. Happy Juneteenth!

I can understand why the Confederacy didn't teach it; I can't explain why the Union schools did not.

Happy Juneteenth 😍

FREEDOM!

To be never forgotten. 🧡

So sad It took two and half years for so many to be informed Slavery had ended!

Love This Video & the Spirit I Can Feel in it ✨♥️✨

I see everyone talking about it on Twitter

my summer school teacher just talked about this and how its kinda messed up we dont learn it,,,, kinda epic.... hi class if ur reading :flushed:

could someone please tell me what the music is? I love it

And they neglected to put this in the history books

Love it 😍

Thank you for this it means a lot.

An explosion of nineteenth day being important, Oops that was supposed to say "Juneteenth". Guess my spellchecker never heard of it either

Thanks for the encouraging words Princess White Owl

This is soo great..i am so proud of our pasy.. we are amazing

Where was this when I went to School

Wounder if they are going to it on the 19th coming up

But Juneteenth specifically is a day of emancipation in Texas. Why should this be a national holiday, if it was only in Texas that emancipation came so belatedly?

Wow the opening song is powerful!

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Texas has it as state holiday

this was a sad delay in freedom for the slaves

So on Juneteenth we celebrate the Union soldiers which by the way were predominantly white that fought and died in the United States Civil War that ended Slavery. The hundred of thousand Union Solders that died fighting to end slavery is ample reparation.

I wonder what they did the first night of freedom. Did they Masters put a out and they had to party by the rivers and lakes but they was free what happened

Thank God this terrible sin in American history was over. The black people have contributed so much to America, in many forms , music was huge, but was suppressed for a time, then in war, they were so important to our victory

How many years ago ? Get over it

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Freedom from what

JUNETEENTH!! 😅🤣😂 How many little 'chidrens' have this for a first name by now? 🤣😂

Juneteenth is completely pointless. No one alive today has experienced American slavery. People need to stop complaining.

JUNETEENTH has nothing to do Minnesota

Thank you for this video. Now I understand. We a re BLACK AMERICANS not African Americans. Africans Americans came here by choice, versus the Black Americans were made a part of the country by force labor'slavery" yes, they fought against he British with the other settlers, which makes them part of the history of 4th of July. Division divides; wars bring close together 07-082019

We should all celebrate Junteenth! It is a celebration of the "Abolishment of Slavery by the Republicans."

do you think the white man is going to change because Juneteenth. please by

What happened to the "nine" between "June" and "teenth"? Juneteenth could be any day from June 13th through June 19th. DUH

To every white person who reads this comment, as a young black man who is saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, let me tell you this, as long as you're not racists now, you do not need to feel guilty for racism in the past, especially if you're saved! Satan is the accuser of the brethren and its him who wants you to feel guilty, ashamed and condemned! Don't join the ridiculous guilt trip the world is circulating!

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I feel cheated! Why were we not taught about this in school?! Let's all celebrate with joy and abandon!!

til this say they are not free in their mind

Slave owners ignored it you mean they didnt even know about it lmfao

Now it's time to free your mind 😉

Don't forget about all the white people, quakers, and john brown who made this possible. Don't make it all about skin color.

AGAIN TEHER DID I ASK FOR THIS I DONT THINK I DID

Disagree. We already have a Black History month. Media & black community would have a total meltdown if we had a White History month. All these BLM demands are ridiculous. Yawn.

Juneteenth is when the democrats lost the first civilwar

So you couldn't find a black person to narrate? FFS