Juneteenth and Barbershop Culture: Celebrating Freedom and Community
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Celebrated annually on June 19th, this day marks the moment in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is […]