Juneteenth is a day on, not a day off for white allies

The Juneteenth holiday marks the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday is celebrated in mostly predominantly Black American communities and some predominantly non-African-American communities. Specifically, this day marks when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, and declared General E.O.C. Ord had given him orders that all slaves were granted…