RHOA's Porsha Williams called on all Americans in a powerful essay about Juneteenth. 'If we forget what happened, we won't move forward. Ignorance isn't bliss. It's failure.'
, urging citizens across the country to embrace June 19 as day as important as Independence Day. For Williams, Juneteenth marks "how far we have come on this journey to equality," but also serves as reminder for "how far we have to go."have again brought to light that what is going on in America is not OK.
This appearance by Granger came "more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation," Williams explains. "It's this event, the final physical freedom of our people in Galveston, that African Americans have celebrated for 155 years. It's a day that we began our true independence and started our uphill battle for civil rights," the Bravo personality relays.
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