Juneteenth

Juneteenth June...back in nineteen-fifty eight, just sixty years ago, Unknown to me, nine hundred miles away in the mid-South, Never did I think of anything that would foreshadow... Equal rights for me...denied to people of black color. The waiting rooms and restrooms, solely marked as black or white: Extremes prevailed with front and back seats taken on a bus; Enjoying drinks from water fountains...marked, which one was right. Nothing at home prepared me for those bigotries and 'hates' That shocked me then, just newly married, moving with my spouse. How could this be...in this, our land of free...United States? Sandra M. Haight ~2nd Place~ Contest: Juneteenth Sponsor: Edward Ibeh Judged: 07/15/2018 Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans throughout the former Confederacy of the southern United States. Ref. Wikipedia