Juneteenth Monument Texas African American History Memorial - The Reconstruction Era

Juneteenth Monument Texas African American History Memorial - The Reconstruction Era

While the official name of this monument is the Texas African American History Memorial, it is popularly known as the Juneteenth Monument. Texas’s capitol has at least eight memorials to the Confederacy but up until 2016 there was nothing on the grounds dedicated to the one-in-seven Texans who are Black. At that time, Juneteenth, which started in Texas was on its way to becoming a National Holiday and the state, at the urging of the Black commun…