Juneteenth — short for 'June Nineteenth' — commemorates the freeing of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865
Twitter and Square employees in the United States will now honor Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the freeing of slaves in Texas in 1865 — as a company holiday moving forward, CEOThe 43-year-old's decision comes amid worldwide Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the May 25 death of
, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer who forcibly kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Dorsey said the holiday will mark a time of "celebration, education, and connection" for employees at the two companies, he detailed in a pair of tweets posted on Tuesday afternoon.tweeted"Countries and regions around the world have their own days to celebrate emancipation, and we will do the work to make those dates company holidays everywhere we are present," he added.
But Granger's announcement in Galveston came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation — which freed all slaves in the Confederate states — went into effect.At George Floyd Memorial, Brother Says: 'Everybody Wants Justice for George. He's Going to Get It' Since the Union did not have a strong presence in Texas at the time, the Emancipation Proclamation was not widely enforced. It wasn't until General Robert E.
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