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The late Albert Ely Edwards was known as the Father of Juneteenth; he was the catalyst for Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday now celebrated by Americans across the country.
BLACK ENTERPRISE retraced the footsteps of Galveston's formerly enslaved inhabitants to experience the sites that live to tell the story of emancipation.