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In August 2017, I didn’t even know why Apple put Jneteneth on the Mac calendar. I thought it would be a play on words.
And then I checked.
June is truly rightly praised as the end of American slavery.
The other two dates in June stand out for people like me, who are free to be enthralled like me. June 12th and June 30th. Interestingly, two of the three (June 19th and June 30th) were historic days when American slavery ended. And two of the three (June 12th and June 19th) were historic days when Black America made great progress.
June 12th
On June 12, 1967, the US Supreme Court found that anti-light laws were illegal in his beloved v. Virginia. White Richard Lobbing, and Mildred Lobbing, black women, married in Washington, DC in 1958, returned to Virginia, as interracial marriage was legal. Five weeks later they were arrested by the local sheriff. Think about that. They married in 1958 and were not winning their lawsuit nine years later. The wheels of justice move slowly. Incidentally, the name of the Supreme Court’s decision on two people of love.
These laws affected my white friend Fred Jerty, who married a black woman. They and they tell the story here. They were married in Washington, DC because they were unable to legally marry in Maryland, where Anne grew up.
June 19th
The Emancipation Declaration of January 1, 1863 did not end our slavery. If you read the current declaration carefully, it will appear.
Slavery actually ended on June 19, 1865. It was the day Major General Gordon Granger ordered the execution of the declaration in Texas. It makes great sense to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery
June 30th
On June 30, 1973, the federal government’s authority to draft Americans expired. It was not updated. 52 years later, it has not been updated yet. It’s two generations of Americans.
HT2 Taylor Davidson.
