Post by Wyss Institute at Harvard University

Today, we are observing Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States in 1865, two and a half years after the end of the Civil War. Why this date and not the date of The Emancipation Proclamation? How did it become a national holiday? Learn the answers to these questions and more from our colleagues across Harvard University: https://lnkd.in/ejMJDHV6