TAMPA, Fla. — June 19 marks a pivotal day in American history. That day in 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were read the Emancipation Proclamation and were among the last to learn of their freedom. Yvette Lewis, president of the Hillsborough Chapter of the NAACP, said this day is…Read More
NAACP Hillsborough County Branch president hopes Juneteenth sheds light on erased Black cemeteries
