as union soldiers spread paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across the united states as a day of national celebration. juneteenth is a reminder. it is a reminder of what black people in america have been through and what black people have overcome. it is a commemoration of our resilience. our ingenuity, and most importantly our capacity for joy. our joy is worthy of celebration, and on this day we remember that our freedom must be honored, nurtured and pr
community. i think that will be just my small contribution to our culture. ladies and gentlemen, give it up for leslie jones. what s up, hollywood! black people in the hollywood bowl! so this next group that i m bringing up, i loved them since they came out. i m telling you. now, i m not saying they re the reason that i got bad knees, but i was smacking it up, and let me tell you, i knew i was going to marry ronny devoe, i knew i was going to be mrs. ronny devoe. but everybody knew i was poison.