June 17 – 23, 2021

TO ALL FATHERS: “We wish you a Happy Father’s Day, and may you have happiness and sunshine for the coming year.” 2726 S. Beckley Ave • Dallas, Texas 75224 ISSN # 0746-7303 P.O. Box 570769 Dallas, Texas 75357 - 0769 50¢ .Serving Dallas More Than 70 Years — Tel. 214 946-7678 - Fax 214 946-7636 — Web Site: www.dallasposttrib.com — E-mail: [email protected] VOLUME 73 NUMBER 41 SERVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR SINCE 1947 June 17 - 23, 2021 AP Explains: Juneteenth end of slavery in the US By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON (AP) with the freed slaves of Granger and his Union — A holiday that is spread- Galveston, Texas. troops arrived at Galveston ing across the U.S. and Although the with news that the war had beyond, Juneteenth is con- Emancipation ended and that the enslaved sidered the oldest known Proclamation freed the were now free. celebration commemorat- slaves in the South in 1863, Granger delivered ing the ending of slavery in it could not be enforced in General Order No. 3, which the United States. many places until after the said: “The people of Texas It was originally cele- end of the Civil War in are informed that, in accor- brated on June 19, the day 1865. dance with a proclamation that Union soldiers in 1865 Laura Smalley, who was told enslaved African freed from a plantation Continue Slavery Page 2 Americans in Galveston, near Bellville, Texas, Texas, that the Civil War remembered in a 1941 FILE - In this June 19, had ended and they were interview that her former 2017, file photo, T.J. with free. master had gone to fight in the Bandan Koro African Celebrations include the Civil War and came Dance Ensemble leads chil- parades, concerts, and home without telling his dren dancing during a readings of the slaves what had happened. Juneteenth celebration at Emancipation “Old master didn’t tell, Fair Park in Dallas. Proclamation. This year, you know, they was free,” Juneteenth celebration Juneteenth will also feature Smalley said . “I think now started with the freed slaves the first congressional they say they worked them, of Galveston, Texas. hearing in more than a six months after that. Six Although the Emancipation decade on reparations for months. And turn them Proclamation freed the slaves in the South in 1863, slavery. loose on the 19th of June. it could not be enforced in Here’s a look at the holi- That’s why, you know, we many places until after the day and its history: celebrate that day.” end of the Civil War in BEGINNINGS It was June 19, 1865 1865. (AP Photo/LM The celebration started when Maj. Gen. Gordon Otero, File) BREAKING NEWS Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday By KEVIN FREKING This updated handout photo pro- WASHINGTON (AP) enslaved African “Making Juneteenth a vided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum — The Senate passed a bill Americans learned they federal holiday is a major on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 shows a Tuesday that would make were free. Confederate sol- step forward to recognize signed copy of Emancipation Juneteenth, or June 19th, a diers surrendered in April the wrongs of the past,” Proclamation. The Library, in federal holiday commemo- 1865, but word didn’t said Senate Majority Springfield, Ill., will mark Juneteenth, the holiday commemo- rating the end of slavery in reach the last enslaved Leader Chuck Schumer, rating the end of slavery in the the United States. Black people until June 19, D-N.Y. “But we must con- United States, by displaying the The bill would lead to when Union soldiers tinue to work to ensure rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Juneteenth becoming the brought the news of free- equal justice and fulfill the copy of the proclamation that's 12th federal holiday. It is dom to Galveston, Texas. promise of the signed by Lincoln and Secretary of expected to easily pass the That was also about two Emancipation State William Seward will be dis- House, which would send and a half years after the Proclamation and our played between June 15 and July 6. The original document is kept in it to President Joe Biden Emancipation Constitution.” the National Archives in for his signature. Proclamation freeing The Senate passed the Abraham Washington, D.C. ( Juneteenth commemo- slaves in the Southern Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum photo via AP) rates when the last states. Continue Bill Page 2 WHAT’S INSIDE Texas power grid Carter High School Meet the Texas manager issues senior leads on the on a mission to weeklong court and in the vaccinate their conservation alert classroom rural communities Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 Recognizing #BLACK EXCELLENCE for 73 Years June 17 - 23, 2021 The Dallas Post Tribune Page 2 Continued Bill Page 1 further discuss the matter. AP Explains: Juneteenth celebrates Therefore, I do not intend bill under a unanimous to object,” Johnson said consent agreement that in a statement before end of slavery in the US expedites the process for Tuesday’s vote. considering legislation. It The bill is sponsored Continued Slavery Page 1 the District of Columbia takes just one senator’s by Sen. Edward Markey, recognize Juneteenth as a objection to block such D-Mass., and had 60 co- from the Executive of the state holiday or day of agreements. sponsors. He tweeted United States, all slaves recognition, like Flag Sen. Ron Johnson, R- Monday: “We have a are free. This involves an Day. Countries like Wis., had objected in the long road towards racial absolute equality of per- South Korea, Ghana, previous Congress to a justice in the United sonal rights and rights of Israel, Taiwan, France, bill to celebrate States and we cannot get property between former and the U.S. territory of Juneteenth as a federal there without acknowl- masters and slaves, and Guam have held or now holiday because of the edging our nation’s origi- the connection hereto- hold Juneteenth celebra- cost and lack of debate, nal sin of slavery. It is fore existing between tions. he said. Johnson noted long past time to make them becomes that A resolution recogniz- that he has supported res- Juneteenth a federal holi- between employer and ing Juneteenth as a olutions recognizing the day.” hired labor.” national holiday passed FILE - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, Zebiyan Fields, 11, significance of The vast majority of The next year, the the Senate last year, but at center, drums alongside more than 20 kids at the front of Juneteenth, but he was states recognize now-freed slaves started the accompanying reso- the Juneteenth parade in Flint, Mich. Juneteenth celebration concerned the new holi- Juneteenth as a holiday or celebrating Juneteenth in lution has not been started with the freed slaves of Galveston, Texas. Although day would give federal have an official obser- Galveston, and the cele- approved in the House. the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the South employees another day vance of the day, and bration has continued REMEMBERING in 1863, it could not be enforced in many places until after off at a cost of about $600 most states hold celebra- May Jake around the nation and the THE PAST the end of the Civil War in 1865. ( /The Flint million per year. tions. Juneteenth is a paid world since. Juneteenth celebra- Journal via AP, File) “While it still seems holiday for state employ- WHAT DOES JUNE- tions used to revolve ... It’s really more huge Agboga, Evans and strange that having tax- ees in Texas, New York, TEENTH MEAN? around the church with parties and huge parades others are working to payers provide federal Virginia and Washington. The term Juneteenth is speeches and picnics, and big concerts, but make sure Juneteenth employees paid time off Under the legislation, a blend of the words June said Para LaNell always bringing in free- celebrators don’t forget is now required to cele- the federal holiday would and nineteenth. The holi- Agboga, museum site dom. It’s all about free- why the day exists. brate the end of slavery, it be known as Juneteenth day has also been called coordinator at the dom.” “In 1776 the country is clear that there is no National Independence Juneteenth Independence George Washington More than 150 cities was freed from the appetite in Congress to Day. Day or Freedom Day. Carver Museum, will have Juneteenth cel- British, but the people According to Dee Cultural and Genealogy ebrations this year, were not all free,” Evans Evans, national director Center in Austin, Texas, Evans said. said. “June 19, 1865, was of communications of which has one of the Each celebration is actually when the people the National Juneteenth only permanent different, from parades and the entire country Observance Foundation, Juneteenth museum in places like was actually free.” there will be Juneteenth exhibits in the country. Philadelphia, Chicago, It’s also a day to celebrations in almost It changed around the New York, Atlanta, San remember the sacrifices every state this year. 1960s with the civil Francisco and Houston, that were made for free- Black Texans took the rights movement, she to concerts in Tulsa, dom in the United States, holiday with them as said. Oklahoma, Denver and especially in these racial- they moved around the “It became a little Marietta, Georgia, to free ly and politically charged country and overseas, more secular and genealogy workshops days, Agboga said. Evans said, and what stretched over more than outside of Washington, “Our freedoms are started as a local celebra- one day,” Agboga said.

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