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2022.
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xiv, 270 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 24 cm.
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"On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued General Order Number 3, informing the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. A year later, in 1866, Black Texans congregated with music, dance, and BBQs—Juneteenth celebrations. All-day cook-outs with artful salads, bounteous dessert spreads, and raised glasses...


