Today is a celebration to mark the end of a very dark period in American history. Although the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves, was signed more than two years earlier, and the Union had won the war, Texas for some reason never got the word slavery was abolished. We should all rejoice on this day but learn from our history.
Today, history seems to be repeating itself, with laws attacking our sacred right to vote. Those who responded to a thread yesterday applauding the signing of this new holiday should be fighting to stop voter suppression laws. Your failure to do so, shows Republicans only pretend to acknowledge our country's original sin of slavery even as they insist that racism is in our past.
Today, history seems to be repeating itself, with laws attacking our sacred right to vote. Those who responded to a thread yesterday applauding the signing of this new holiday should be fighting to stop voter suppression laws. Your failure to do so, shows Republicans only pretend to acknowledge our country's original sin of slavery even as they insist that racism is in our past.