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Trump Is Making Juneteenth More Cause Than Commemoration

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump stripped Juneteenth and MLK Day from the national parks’ free-admission calendar while making his birthday a free-admission day. iPINIONS notes that’s not an administrative tweak. That’s a confession. Meanwhile, Obama opened a monument to Black achievement as Trump wages war on Black history. Read the full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-juneteenth-more-cause Read more.

Trump Marks Juneteenth by Removing Bust of MLK and Eliminating Civil Rights

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

He once flaunted the MLK bust like a prop. Now he’s removed it, while gutting DEI and pretending Juneteenth is woke fiction. iPINIONS exposes how Trump is now erasing the civil rights of Black Americans as brazenly as he once exploited Black voters for political gain. Read my full post on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-marks-juneteenth-by-removing Read more.

Juneteenth a Holiday, Finally!

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. It freed all enslaved people in the Southern States. However, Union soldiers took two and a half years to inform the people of Galveston, Texas, of the Proclamation. Enslaved Blacks there finally heard the news of their freedom on June 19,… Read more.

Commemorating Juneteenth…

Friday, June 19, 2020 at 6:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.  Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this… Read more.

Juneteenth and Reparations for Slavery

Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 6:56 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Juneteenth and reparations for slavery Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It stems from slaves in Galveston, Texas, not being informed of their emancipation until June 19, 1865. That was two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. What about reparations? The US House of Representatives… Read more.