U.S.-DALLAS-JUNETEENTH-CELEBRATION
(230618) -- DALLAS, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two organizers speak at a Juneteenth celebration event in Dallas, Texas, the United States, on June 17, 2023.
Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua)
- Product Code
- ILEA001443521
- Registered date
- 2023/6/18 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
- Media size
- 2216 × 1478 pixel
- Deployment size
- 2.33(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.