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https://baltimorebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_6294-1-scaled.jpg20552560On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, alerting enslaved African Americans that they were free. Since then, Black people in the South have celebrated June 19 and the freedom it represents. In recent years, the celebration of Juneteenth has grown […]