Faith, Community, and History Intersect on Juneteenth
June 19th is perhaps an unusual day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. It is not the day the Emancipation Proclamation was issued- September 22nd- or the day it took effect- January 1st- or the day that the 13th Amendment was ratified- December 18th. Rather, June 19th, 1865 was the day…