‘We’ve come a long, long way’: Juneteenth celebration in Kirby marks 160 years since last enslaved people were freed
Read full article: ‘We’ve come a long, long way’: Juneteenth celebration in Kirby marks 160 years since last enslaved people were freedJuneteenth 2025 marks 160 years since the last enslaved people were freed from Galveston, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation initially freed all slaves.