Author: Sojourner’s Truth

“Inspiring Change, Creating Beauty” offers something for everyone. The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) is proud to announce that its annual Juneteenth celebration, titled “Inspiring Change, Creating Beauty,” will be held Friday, June 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s […]

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, 160 years ado, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at […]

Red foods and rinks at Juneteenth celebrations reflect the blood, resilience and cultural heritage of enslaved Africans and their descendants. The tradition began in 1865 when the holiday began as those enslaved people were informed […]

Head Quarters District of Texas Galveston Texas June 19th 1865. General Orders No. 3. The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are […]

Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865 To my Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee Sir: I got your letter and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdan, and that you wanted me to […]

Jourdon Anderson’s letter to his former master is blend of polite irony, moral assertion, a demand for justice, reflecting the dignity and the indignance of freed Black Americans during Reconstruction. Written on August 7, 1865, […]

Fact #1: Following the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, not all enslaved people immediately found freedom. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in states then in rebellion against the United States. Union […]