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Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free (and had been for 30 months). While Juneteenth is not the only emancipation day celebrated in the United States, it has become the most popular.
(If you don’t know much about the history of Juneteenth, take a quick minute to check out this explainer from The Guardian.)