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In the late 1970s, when the Texas Legislature declared Juneteenth a "holiday of significance ... particularly to the blacks of Texas," [50] it became the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday. [66] The bill passed through the Texas Legislature in 1979 and was officially made a state holiday on January 1, 1980.
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
Edwards was a thirteen-term elected member of the Texas House of Representatives, serving in that capacity from 1978 to 2007. In 1979, he authored and sponsored House Bill 1016, making June 19 ("Juneteenth") a state-paid holiday in Texas. He founded Juneteenth, U.S.A., in 1979 along with Al Edwards Real Estate and Mortgage Company.
The State of Texas made Juneteenth a holiday at the state level after 2007, Al Edwards, a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, proposed it as a bill. As of 2021 Juneteenth became a Federal holiday; 70+ years after slavery legally ended, and African Americans still are being treated less than. [33]
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died. She was 74.
Juneteenth will be marked on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Unlike other federal holidays, such as Memorial Day and Labor Day, that are observed on a specific day of the week, Juneteenth is celebrated ...
Emancipation Park, with a space of 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2), is located in the Third Ward and is a popular destination for annual Juneteenth celebrations. [99] [100] The State of Texas made Juneteenth a holiday at the state level after Al Edwards, a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, proposed it as a bill. [101]
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