June 19 Is African-American Emancipation Day!!!!

June 19 is the day that people observe the end of slavery.Isn't it quite fitting that Congress would apologize for slavery the day before African-American Emancipation Day?

Here's more info from Juneteenth.com:

"Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.

Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement."(END OF EXCERPT)Learn more about this day here.