HAPPY JUNETEENTH!! Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the US. On June 19,1865, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, TX sharing that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This was 2.5 years after the Emancipation Proclamation Jan. 1, 1863! These images were shared by moorlandHU, and show the ‘Emancipation Ode’ from the their digital OG series written in 1902 by Jno. Nathl. Samuels-Belboder. . . Sing the ode today! Moorland Spingarn is recognized as one of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the world. HAPPY JUNETEENTH✊🏾 . . . #HU #HBCU #juneteenth #moorlandspingarn #emancipation #emancipationproclamation #howardu #howarduniversity #howardforever #howardforward #juneteenth2019