Every year, Americans use Juneteenth as a day of reflection and celebration on the abolition of slavery in the United States.
This year, amid a growing movement against racial injustice in the country following the death of George Floyd, and in the face of a global pandemic, Friday’s holiday will have a much different feel.
Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union troops announced in Galveston that all enslaved black people were free.
The day was eventually designated as a state holiday in 1980 as “Emancipation Day,” making Texas the first state in the country to make the abolition of slavery an official holiday.
Here are some ways you can celebrate Juneteenth in the Houston area this year.
