What does Juneteenth mean for the black-owned business community? By now you know what Juneteenth is. If you don’t know what it is, Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1864. It is a day of remembrance of the African American culture, specifically Emancipation Day or Freedom Day when the people in Galveston, Texas were two years late […]

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a day of remembrance of the African American culture, specifically Emancipation Day or Freedom Day.    On June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 was read by Union General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas. The order informed enslaved Africans in America that they were free.     On June 15, 2021, […]