“Juneteenth 2024” This is Something to Think About 06.19.24
Something to Think About
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“Juneteenth 2024”
Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About Commentary”
Air Date Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Today, we look at the historical significance of Juneteenth, a pivotal day when the enslaved population in Texas received the news of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
On January 1, 1863, the proclamation was issued. It took until June 19, 1865, two and a half years later, when 2,000 Union Troops led by Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, ordering enslaved Texans to be free. Only two months earlier, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
Freedom was not enshrined in the U.S. Constitution until the 13th Amendment was adopted on December 6, 1865.
The term 'Juneteenth' is a testament to the resilience of the African American community. It is a blend of two words, June and nineteenth, and continues to be used to commemorate this significant day.
Bill Bunkley is an 18-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 28 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church.
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