Juneteenth

by

Every year on June 19th, as New York City slows down just a bit to observe Juneteenth, I find myself looking out my office window and thinking about a painful historical truth. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 – the day Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. What…

Read More Delayed Justice, Subtle Discrimination: Why Juneteenth Hits Differently for an NYC Employment Lawyer
Share This:
by

Today is Juneteenth, which celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended that enslaved persons were now free. This was, notably, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation (which became official on January 1, 1863). Juneteenth…

Read More Juneteenth: 2020
Share This:
© 2026 Pospis Law, PLLC. All Rights Reserved.