It was really only a thing in black communities until a few years ago. It’s our newest federal holiday.
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abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 month agoIr’s weird how I’ve never heard about this, seeing how prevalentie American culture is in popular media.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
likely because it’s somewhat an uncomfortable holiday, celebrating when slaves in Texas were told they had been free for 2 and a half years, but didn’t know it yet, and the slave owners were forced by the army to set them free.
Jordan117@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s also relatively new as a federal holiday, only added in 2021. Before that it was largely officially observed only in Texas and a handful of cities.