print email comment close The Handbook of Texas Online: Juneteenth URL: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/JJ/lkj1.html Description: This essay describes the origins of the Juneteenth holiday. "On June 19 ('Juneteenth'), 1865, Union general Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, thus belatedly bringing about the freeing of 250,000 slaves in Texas." Discusses the history of the holiday and the impact of Juneteenth, which is now celebrated beyond Texas. From the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. Author: Acosta, Teresa Palomo Publisher: The Texas State Historical Association Extra Keywords African America black Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History Holidays -- United States Juneteenth Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States Texas -- History LII Database Information: Record 21614 created by Jennifer English on 05/22/2006 Last modification on 01/21/2008 Published: 05/25/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21614