Juneteenth: Freedom At Last

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  • čas přidán 8. 11. 2015
  • sites.mnhs.org/civil-war/node/12 Slavery persisted in the South even after the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the 13th Amendment. In the most remote corners of the Confederacy, news of slavery's end did not come until more than two months after Robert E. Lee's surrender in April 1865. The day that General Order No. 3 was delivered to the people of Galveston, Texas, is the day slavery finally ended everywhere. As Minnesota musician and actor T. Mychael Rambo explains, that day is a milestone moment still commemorated and celebrated. To learn more about Minnesota and the Civil War visit sites.mnhs.org/civil-war/node/12.

Komentáře • 191

  • @ellenspear50
    @ellenspear50 Před 4 lety +117

    I can't believe we weren't taught in school about Juneteenth.

    • @LaNeitaJones-nx7cx
      @LaNeitaJones-nx7cx Před 4 lety +6

      Learn all you can from your family & community elders. Many are almost all gone. Don't wait until it's too late. They know the truth of who & what our struggles were & still are.

    • @barama0410
      @barama0410 Před 4 lety +20

      I also believe the education system whitewashes the genocide against the Native nation's people who were here for thousands of years before euro explorers arrived.

    • @dopefirstmom4134
      @dopefirstmom4134 Před 4 lety +4

      I know right. sad.

    • @JFain513
      @JFain513 Před 4 lety +3

      I'm a 4th grade teacher and hopefully one day a father and you better believe I'm teaching this from now on.

    • @lindz7856
      @lindz7856 Před 4 lety +1

      my social studies teacher sent my class 3 videos of Juneteenth.

  • @philipnestor5034
    @philipnestor5034 Před 4 lety +12

    This should become a National holiday in America.Black History is Part of American history.

  • @truegrit4752
    @truegrit4752 Před 4 lety +16

    In junior high school, when it came time to write book reports, my mother made me write book reports on books of black heros, such as Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglas, etc., because she knew that I would only learn black history if she taught it to me. None of my teachers ever heard of the subjects of my book reports. Pathetic.

  • @diamondlil597
    @diamondlil597 Před 4 lety +18

    We're still here 🥰🎶🎶🎶 Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round turn me round turn me round Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round gonna keep on Marching keep on Marching Marching for JUSTICE YES 🥰🎶🎶

  • @normanspurgeon5324
    @normanspurgeon5324 Před 4 lety +8

    I hate to admit it, but I'm just learning what Juneteenth was about. I think making it a national holiday is a great idea, because of the history involved, and to acknowledge- " Yo- the civil war is over- were all in this together now".

  • @marilynjackson5983
    @marilynjackson5983 Před 5 lety +41

    Actually, Black Union Soldiers delivered the message of freedom on June 15th but they could not read the General Order because Blacks was not allowed to read the order; therefore General Gordon was sent to read the General Order on June 19th! This is important because it shows that Black courageous men took important roles in freeing their people. In addition, 180,000 Black men ans women fought in the army and 200,000 more fought in other branches of the military but never received any recognition from the military or through the history books. Black men fought and died for their own independence not Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln freed slaves that was in rebellion against the government. Congress saw that the South was becoming to powerful and wealthy. Moreover, the South was able to count their slaves as three fifth of a human being which would given them more representation in Congress. This would given the Southern Politicians more electoral votes which would have given the power to elect the presidents of the United States. This is the reason Lincoln and the Northern Congress wanted to outlaw slavery. They knew that slavery was power and money for the South to control the United States. Remember, Lincoln owned slaves and many Northern Politicians owned plantations in the south!!

    • @earlwilliams73A77
      @earlwilliams73A77 Před 5 lety +1

      Marilyn Jackson. The truth is Light upon the Creator Hill & can never be hidden, broken, dies or changed.....The So called ":History also books of events " are nothing constructive but lies.
      If that was not so!.... What about the sacrifices made by the Blacks throughout times. They're omitted from that; but were/ are degraded to < 1000s0004th lesser known roles.
      (African fought, died in every wars , yet assuming others are better. Who's skipped and who's remembered.
      There are two forces of Spiritual Warfare on this Earth. One is Satan fighting for all power...The others are better still; now the forces of Satan are circling into a trap of own making.
      True words of wisdom comes from the Almighty & there is nothing that Old Lucifer, can do to dim that Light..... POWER TO CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH, Love & Respect....Peace one Love.✌🎷🔔🎼🕪

    • @lamontstrong5843
      @lamontstrong5843 Před 4 lety

      On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed on the shores of Galveston, Texas, to regain control of the state. Once there, Granger read aloud the General Orders, No. 3: "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States,...

    • @notvecty
      @notvecty Před 4 lety +1

      Nerd alert! (Joke)

    • @Djwizjeepjams
      @Djwizjeepjams Před 4 lety

      Thank you Marilyn! This is the narrative, the truth that will be added to this history!

    • @angusmcpherson
      @angusmcpherson Před 4 lety

      Marilyn Jackson Lincoln NEVER owned slaves. In fact, his own father used to rent him out to other farmers (like a slave). Your posting is a pack of lies. The Bible says that all liars go to hell. Repent!

  • @laneitajones7771
    @laneitajones7771 Před 6 lety +12

    We need something like this in Akron, Ohio. Lived in Texas 30 yrs. and learned/experienced what my parents who where native Texans talked about. Good for everyone's soul.

  • @LIGHTOTS
    @LIGHTOTS Před 8 lety +35

    Thanks for the history. I was born and raised in Galveston.

  • @kennethsullivan9217
    @kennethsullivan9217 Před 2 lety +2

    I can't believe it either,,,,, I have no recognition or remembering,,,, in all of my school days being taught or for that matter anything ever being said,,,,,, about Juneteenth,,,,,, I did not come to know of Juneteenth until I was a fully grown man,,,,,
    But I do suspect this is exactly why they created,,,,, the phrase
    (Separate but equal!)
    Meaning it was up to our own people to teach us our own history,,,,, which we call now African American history 🧐📚📖

  • @kashawnk2975
    @kashawnk2975 Před 4 lety +5

    My brothers and sisters I love you. We are very strong 💪🏾 and intelligent people. Mankind came from Africa.

  • @preelenede
    @preelenede Před 7 lety +5

    TY! I will be sharing this clip!

  • @actionjackson4295
    @actionjackson4295 Před 4 lety +2

    In school...... the history text books read didn't have this character of my black history in it. Text books mostly talked about a few black civil rights leaders and that was it. (Martin Luther King Jr.) I had no idea their was two independence day celebration of freedom. July 4th was all I was taught. SMH........ June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth) was the official FREEDOM DAY for all black people. Juneteenth, needs to be a official HOLIDAY. We will must know our real official black history
    Knowledge is POWER

  • @Hankersonphotography
    @Hankersonphotography Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for the video. Well done, Rambo's voice is amazing.

  • @jeanettalynch7402
    @jeanettalynch7402 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank U Lord Again!

  • @davidfoley726
    @davidfoley726 Před 2 lety

    Well done Mr.Rambo! It as been a very long time!!!!❤️🖤💚 Happy Juneteenth!

  • @francismausley7239
    @francismausley7239 Před 4 lety +3

    "Heaven will support you while you work in this ingathering of the scattered peoples of the world beneath the shadow of the almighty tent of unity. You will be servants of God, who are dwelling near to Him, His divine helpers in the service, ministering to all Humanity. All Humanity! Every human being! Never forget this!" ~ Baha'i Faith

  • @marissajones2945
    @marissajones2945 Před 4 lety +12

    Exactly. Don’t be ashamed of being a slave, OWN IT. That’s our strength!

    • @genebohannon8820
      @genebohannon8820 Před 4 lety +2

      And WHO do you know that was once a slave?

    • @marissajones2945
      @marissajones2945 Před 4 lety +3

      Gene Bohannon I’m a direct descendant of American Slaves, but what I meant is that African Americans shouldn’t be ashamed of their lineage. Don’t be a hypocrite, Caucasian people stand in their history, so why can’t people of color? Why are we the only ethnicity that has to forget their history? BYE.

    • @u.s.paratroops4633
      @u.s.paratroops4633 Před 4 lety +1

      It's our history good or bad....Africans have always played a part in fighting for freedom from the Revolution up till now !!

    • @RebeccaJ720
      @RebeccaJ720 Před 4 lety

      What is so strong about being a slave?

    • @wildflower815
      @wildflower815 Před 4 lety

      Your not slaves! Stop being a victim. Stop blaming others for something they did not do. Celebrate history. It needs to be learned.

  • @idread1104
    @idread1104 Před 4 lety +15

    HAPPY JUNETEENTH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!!!!!!!

    • @mylifematters6237
      @mylifematters6237 Před 3 lety +1

      Won't be satisfied til I get reparations. Thanks but no thanks.

    • @rainwater91
      @rainwater91 Před 3 lety

      @@mylifematters6237 what do you mean?

  • @LaNeitaJones-nx7cx
    @LaNeitaJones-nx7cx Před 4 lety +6

    Lister and learn from the elders while they are still alive. When they are gone the wicked will try to twist our American history.

    • @genebohannon8820
      @genebohannon8820 Před 4 lety

      The Left has been doing the twisting for decades. President Trump knew this almost 30 years ago when he called a CNN reporter on his fake news and walked out on the interview. Look it up its on CZcams now too. Funny stuff

  • @deloresboudreaux2755
    @deloresboudreaux2755 Před 2 lety

    We kind look back at Juneteenth 1865 and be proud that we made it to 2022.

  • @yaktown1985
    @yaktown1985 Před 4 lety +8

    Now research red summer 1919...

  • @ameliacollymore3843
    @ameliacollymore3843 Před 4 lety +2

    First time hearing about it.....that's a dam shame...yes.....why isn't it a holiday?I am very happy to know that there is such a day and will do my best to educate myself more about it and yes celebrate that day....it is a day for celebration.

  • @shankandadavenport5137
    @shankandadavenport5137 Před 5 lety +30

    Happy Juneteenth✊✊

    • @shangosankofa9560
      @shangosankofa9560 Před 4 lety +1

      Happy Happy Juneteenth to you as well Shankanda Davenport!

    • @hellokittycafe2790
      @hellokittycafe2790 Před 2 lety

      Happy early June teen to you as well and may everyone love themselves🫶🏼

  • @gaialove2106
    @gaialove2106 Před 4 lety +1

    Love This Video & the Spirit I Can Feel in it ✨♥️✨

  • @fawn4797
    @fawn4797 Před 4 lety +12

    Why don’t we learn this in school-

    • @AirborneArmyInfantry
      @AirborneArmyInfantry Před 3 lety

      Cause the kids today count even do basic math, let alone learn about things like this!!

    • @rainwater91
      @rainwater91 Před 3 lety +2

      Because schools are white washed

  • @tabbiturner8195
    @tabbiturner8195 Před 4 lety +1

    Our ancestors set the stage, These were strong and powerful people just like us that they left behind, Black History should take a front roll seat in our schools.

  • @ericclaeyborn8359
    @ericclaeyborn8359 Před 4 lety +3

    "Freedom at Last" didn't come until *December 6, 1865* . That's when slavery in America officially was abolished, when the 13th Amendment was ratified and added to the U.S. Constitution.

  • @FruityHachi
    @FruityHachi Před 4 lety +20

    such a shame juneteenth isn’t do widely known like 4th of july
    i’m not american but know about 4th of july yet didn’t know about juneteenth
    apparently, it isn’t taught even in american schools

    • @flexibledreamer7846
      @flexibledreamer7846 Před 4 lety +3

      American History Is whitewashed including its shameful past. White fragility is too “uncomfortable” talking about this....

    • @MPam1619
      @MPam1619 Před 4 lety +2

      This is yet another injustice African Americans have suffered. Our history-- which should be included in the teaching of History-- is not taught. At least, the TRUTH is not taught. Many American school textbooks either gloss over the subject or tell a sanitized (aka kid friendly) version of true events. You can always check out books at the library. Start with books by John Hope Franklin and Carter G. Woodson (the father of Black History Month).

    • @FruityHachi
      @FruityHachi Před 4 lety

      Pam yeah i was an exchange student in the US and in our US history class we were told only basic facts about segregation, didn’t go into details nor watch any documentary
      but oddly enough, we were made to watch a graphic documentary about nazi concentration camps

    • @FruityHachi
      @FruityHachi Před 4 lety

      @@MPam1619 thanks for book recommendation :)

  • @frankieclayton9303
    @frankieclayton9303 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for this it means a lot.

  • @vanessajamille8600
    @vanessajamille8600 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU and Asante SANA!!! For referring to our ANCESTORS as "enslaved" Afrikans or "Afikans who were enslaved"!!! I am SOOOOOOO TIRED of hearing "scholars", learn-ed folk with their Doctorates and PhDs referring to our own HUE-man family as "slaves"!!! Especially in this country where we have been "Willie Lynched" and had it ingrained in most of us to think of Afrikans or Black/Dark-skinned souls as being the only ones on the planet who "are slaves". Thank you and Asante Sana for your brief but well produced and well spoken presentation!

  • @maureencora1
    @maureencora1 Před rokem

    2023 Happy 157th Juneteenth Liberation Day Weekend Holiday.

  • @MimiKeel
    @MimiKeel Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. Happy Juneteenth!

  • @TrailBlazer46
    @TrailBlazer46 Před 4 lety +3

    Happy Juneteenth!

  • @CartersEat
    @CartersEat Před 4 lety

    This is soo great..i am so proud of our pasy.. we are amazing

  • @stephaniecannon410
    @stephaniecannon410 Před 2 lety

    To be never forgotten. 🧡

  • @sirgimps
    @sirgimps Před 2 lety

    could someone please tell me what the music is? I love it

  • @altela1597
    @altela1597 Před 3 lety +3

    Aussi important que le Memorial Day, vive le Juneteenth!!!

  • @omari484
    @omari484 Před 5 lety +3

    I see everyone talking about it on Twitter

  • @jannafisiru8199
    @jannafisiru8199 Před 4 lety +1

    👍😢👍 Freedom

  • @genebohannon8820
    @genebohannon8820 Před 4 lety +3

    An explosion of nineteenth day being important, Oops that was supposed to say "Juneteenth". Guess my spellchecker never heard of it either

  • @dianeevidson1707
    @dianeevidson1707 Před 2 lety

    Never heard of it 2022

  • @lindasmithson7682
    @lindasmithson7682 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the encouraging words Princess White Owl

  • @msbestsunshinesunny7858
    @msbestsunshinesunny7858 Před 5 lety +4

    So sad It took two and half years for so many to be informed Slavery had ended!

  • @partyboytown
    @partyboytown Před 4 lety +4

    my summer school teacher just talked about this and how its kinda messed up we dont learn it,,,, kinda epic.... hi class if ur reading :flushed:

    • @partyboytown
      @partyboytown Před 4 lety

      but for real why dont we learn this in school?

    • @burukyoseph7202
      @burukyoseph7202 Před 3 lety

      I honestly have no idea. They should, or maybe it’s a hidden form of racism that the government is distributing

    • @Daniel-zv4to
      @Daniel-zv4to Před 2 lety

      I did learn about it so please stop assuming 300 million other people all have the same experience as you. Also im confused, you just said your school teacher told you about it then asked why you dont get told about it...

    • @Daniel-zv4to
      @Daniel-zv4to Před 2 lety

      @@burukyoseph7202 how intellectually lazy to make such a conspiratorial assumption

  • @cynthiawooten2690
    @cynthiawooten2690 Před 5 lety +3

    Happy Juneteenth 😍

  • @lavauxxdesmoulins9390
    @lavauxxdesmoulins9390 Před 4 lety +1

    FREEDOM!

  • @leebee5132
    @leebee5132 Před 5 lety +8

    Love it 😍

  • @AdventuresofSemiMahi
    @AdventuresofSemiMahi Před 4 lety +2

    Wow the opening song is powerful!

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover Před 4 lety +2

    Wounder if they are going to it on the 19th coming up

  • @swirlere3029
    @swirlere3029 Před 4 lety +1

    Where was this when I went to School

  • @taptayloryt
    @taptayloryt Před 4 lety +7

    I can understand why the Confederacy didn't teach it; I can't explain why the Union schools did not.

  • @richmohammed1714
    @richmohammed1714 Před 2 lety +1

    And they neglected to put this in the history books

  • @dangeroreilly2028
    @dangeroreilly2028 Před rokem

    Celebrate! Pres. Lincoln, known as the first Republican, sent Union troops representing the Republic to Texas to help free the last of their slaves. Southern slavery is a stain on our country's history but this military action to liberate Texas slaves is well worth celebrating.

  • @marihearndon1478
    @marihearndon1478 Před 4 lety +1

    I wonder what they did the first night of freedom. Did they Masters put a out and they had to party by the rivers and lakes but they was free what happened

  • @destinyheroine2863
    @destinyheroine2863 Před 2 lety +1

    🤙👌

  • @dovbarleib3256
    @dovbarleib3256 Před 3 lety

    But Juneteenth specifically is a day of emancipation in Texas. Why should this be a national holiday, if it was only in Texas that emancipation came so belatedly?

  • @imamsupriyadi797
    @imamsupriyadi797 Před 4 lety

    Perhimpunan Persahabatan Indonesia Amirika Di Surabaya

  • @lorrinepierson8482
    @lorrinepierson8482 Před 4 lety

    Texas has it as state holiday

  • @headshotsongs9465
    @headshotsongs9465 Před 3 lety

    youtube canceling comments. So Brown Shirt.

  • @wynettegreer3812
    @wynettegreer3812 Před 5 lety

    Thank God this terrible sin in American history was over. The black people have contributed so much to America, in many forms , music was huge, but was suppressed for a time, then in war, they were so important to our victory

  • @murrismiller2312
    @murrismiller2312 Před 2 lety

    this was a sad delay in freedom for the slaves

  • @alandanny3658
    @alandanny3658 Před 3 lety

    🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  • @AmberSantana-is3dq
    @AmberSantana-is3dq Před rokem

    Freedom from what

  • @marireynolds3996
    @marireynolds3996 Před 3 lety +1

    How many years ago ? Get over it

  • @wisecracker1814
    @wisecracker1814 Před 2 lety +1

    JUNETEENTH!! 😅🤣😂
    How many little 'chidrens' have this for a first name by now? 🤣😂

  • @bubbypizza929
    @bubbypizza929 Před 3 lety +1

    What happened to the "nine" between "June" and "teenth"? Juneteenth could be any day from June 13th through June 19th. DUH

  • @israelism8398
    @israelism8398 Před 3 lety

    JUNETEENTH has nothing to do Minnesota

    • @jhnwllms47
      @jhnwllms47 Před 3 lety +3

      The revolutionary war, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial day,and many historical events did not originate Minnesota. but you still celebrate it in Minnesota. Juneteenth was June 19, 1865 and that was the day that slavery ended in the all of the United States. That a great day for free loving people in the United States. It is a very important part of our American history.

  • @bracketvilletexas
    @bracketvilletexas Před 5 lety +4

    Thank you for this video. Now I understand. We a re BLACK AMERICANS not African Americans. Africans Americans came here by choice, versus the Black Americans were made a part of the country by force labor'slavery" yes, they fought against he British with the other settlers, which makes them part of the history of 4th of July. Division divides; wars bring close together 07-082019

    • @earlwilliams73A77
      @earlwilliams73A77 Před 5 lety +1

      Bracketville August. I agrees with you on that subject....Yes that's a fact. I always said black American. Just as I always says Black Germans. Et- al; etcetera.
      Remember about your history, in fact all Blacks throughout the world..... Beware of false " prophets " history on both sides.

    • @oneinamillion8417
      @oneinamillion8417 Před 4 lety +1

      Bracketville August I get what you're saying BUT I would argue that neither black or African Americans had a choice. We were ALL taken, families torn apart and old into slavery in some part of the world. Slavery being abolished isn't only a win for "black Americans" but us all.

  • @elbushrababiker7221
    @elbushrababiker7221 Před 2 lety

    do you think the white man is going to change because Juneteenth. please by

  • @whateverwhatever2267
    @whateverwhatever2267 Před 4 lety

    til this say they are not free in their mind

  • @Thun-jx8vx
    @Thun-jx8vx Před 3 lety +2

    So on Juneteenth we celebrate the Union soldiers which
    by the way were predominantly white that fought and died in the United States Civil War that ended Slavery.
    The hundred of thousand Union Solders that died fighting to end slavery is ample reparation.

  • @byrnc927
    @byrnc927 Před rokem

    We should all celebrate Junteenth!
    It is a celebration of the "Abolishment of Slavery by the Republicans."

  • @georgiaconti2691
    @georgiaconti2691 Před 4 lety +2

    I feel cheated! Why were we not taught about this in school?! Let's all celebrate with joy and abandon!!

    • @jhnwllms47
      @jhnwllms47 Před 3 lety

      Very few schools in the United State teach black history and many Americans know nothing about black history.

  • @richardmasters2045
    @richardmasters2045 Před 4 lety +1

    Now it's time to free your mind 😉

  • @quisk1894
    @quisk1894 Před 4 lety

    AGAIN TEHER DID I ASK FOR THIS I DONT THINK I DID

  • @lafondawilliams
    @lafondawilliams Před 4 lety +1

    Slave owners ignored it you mean they didnt even know about it lmfao

  • @TerrellSpivey
    @TerrellSpivey Před 4 lety +3

    To every white person who reads this comment, as a young black man who is saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, let me tell you this, as long as you're not racists now, you do not need to feel guilty for racism in the past, especially if you're saved! Satan is the accuser of the brethren and its him who wants you to feel guilty, ashamed and condemned! Don't join the ridiculous guilt trip the world is circulating!

    • @davidhickson8939
      @davidhickson8939 Před 2 lety +1

      Sitting here learning what I can by reading and watching comments. Seems a motive of division still exists. We stood shoulder to shoulder to stop slavery. We fought and died together. We should all be celebrating shoulder to shoulder, proudly. -with much love and respect, some old white guy.

  • @abbedald5198
    @abbedald5198 Před 4 lety +2

    Juneteenth is completely pointless. No one alive today has experienced American slavery. People need to stop complaining.

  • @jonslagill8864
    @jonslagill8864 Před rokem

    Don't forget about all the white people, quakers, and john brown who made this possible. Don't make it all about skin color.

  • @laurierosejones9531
    @laurierosejones9531 Před 4 lety +1

    So you couldn't find a black person to narrate? FFS

  • @angelabaiers5055
    @angelabaiers5055 Před 4 lety +3

    Disagree. We already have a Black History month. Media & black community would have a total meltdown if we had a White History month. All these BLM demands are ridiculous. Yawn.

    • @kjerit630
      @kjerit630 Před 4 lety +2

      Yawn!!

    • @barbarannbutler4824
      @barbarannbutler4824 Před 4 lety +1

      Power to the people
      Why are black men marrying white women if we are "free"?

    • @barbarannbutler4824
      @barbarannbutler4824 Před 4 lety +2

      Slavery still exists!! Black people have lost their own way of thinking, we've been indoctrinated to this evilness.

    • @Daniel-zv4to
      @Daniel-zv4to Před 2 lety

      @@kjerit630 racist

  • @spikefontaine1673
    @spikefontaine1673 Před 3 lety +1

    Juneteenth is when the democrats lost the first civilwar