Each year on June 19th, we celebrate the anniversary of the emancipation of the last enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas who were freed when the Union Army fully enforced the Emancipation Proclamation on this date in 1865.
With just over 100 days until NFFE’s 52nd Convention kicks off in Minneapolis, MN, local lodges should be making plans now to ensure their members’ voices are heard at this important meeting.
