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RARE PHOTOS: Learning about juneteenth through food - The Real Truth

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Courtesy of Netflix

Juneteenth, which was finally recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 under President Joe Biden, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. Its name stems from June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, issued General Order No. 3, which announced that in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, "all slaves are free." 

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