Juneteenth reminds us of black leaders' fight for the unborn

Juneteenth reminds us of black leaders' fight for the unborn

I am a Texan, born and raised. I love my state, even with its various challenges and imperfections. Texas has many significant historical tags: the battle of the Alamo, Roe v. Wade, and, of course, Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and declared that all enslaved people in Texas were free, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. That declaration seared into our state’s conscience the duty …