Survive the Shortest Night. Run toward the Longest Day.
"The Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years ago —
but no one in Texas was told. Tonight, word finally spreads.
Run toward the truth. Run toward the light.
Run toward the dawn."
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FREEDOM
June 19, 1865 · Juneteenth
"The people of Texas are informed that... all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal
rights and rights of property."
— General Order No. 3, read by Gen. Gordon Granger
"We was all walkin' on golden clouds... Everybody went wild... We was free." — Felix Haywood
Captured
Thousands were caught and turned back.
But they rose. And tried again. And again.
The road to freedom was paved by those
who refused to stop running.