What is Juneteenth and how do Minnesotans honor this holiday celebrating Black freedom? This state and federal holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached African Americans in Galveston, Texas, months after the Civil War ended. But there's more to the holiday's history and present-day celebration than is widely known.

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