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First Juneteenth celebration was held in Houston, Rice scholar says
Key takeaways
- Major General Gordon Granger issued a general order enforcing the emancipation of enslaved people from Texas slave masters.
- But recently published research in the Journal of Texas History revealed the first anniversary celebration to mark Juneteenth was held in Houston in 1866—not Galveston.
- It comes from Caleb McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities at Rice University, who told KXAN he uncovered this while reviewing research notes from the 1930s.
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Major General Gordon Granger issued a general order enforcing the emancipation of enslaved people from Texas slave masters.
But recently published research in the Journal of Texas History revealed the first anniversary celebration to mark Juneteenth was held in Houston in 1866—not Galveston.
It comes from Caleb McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities at Rice University, who told KXAN he uncovered this while reviewing research notes from the 1930s.
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