One hundred and fifty five years ago today, on June 19, 1865, the abolition of slavery was announced in Texas...
about 2-1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Read more about Juneteenth Day, courtesy of History.com:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abolition-of-slavery-announced-in-texas-juneteenth

Smithsonian magazine describes Juneteenth as "Our Other Independence Day" in this article:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/juneteenth-our-other-independence-day-16340952/

Mental Floss: "12 Things you might not know about Juneteenth"
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501680/12-things-you-might-not-know-about-juneteenth

A few threads/posts which are somewhat related, on various themes of independence, equality, achievement, society, and more.

1) Independence Day - 4th of July (2018)

2) crowd-sourced BIPOC Movie list thread* (2014)

3) crowd-sourced BIPOC Book list thread* (2014)

4) role models for overcoming difficult circumstances to achieve success, frequently cited examples include Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Ben Carson, Chris Gardner ("Pursuit of Happyness"), Carol Swain, Candace Owens, Phiona Mutesi and students such as Destyni Tyree, Liyjon Desilva, Samantha Garvey. (2016)

5) Candace Owens, Michelle Obama, Phiona Mutesi, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson (2016)

6) Katherine Johnson, NASA, "Hidden Figures" movie (2017)

7) Rashad Jennings (2019)

8) Stephen Stafford (2019)

9) Manning Johnson (2020)

*BIPOC = Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

On this day, Juneteenth 2020, Larry Elder released his documentary featuring Chad Johnson
Uncle Tom, the movie. Some may regard the documentary as controversial.