TEXAS'S DELAYED EMANCIPATION, JUNETEENTH: WHO'S TO BLAME?

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Who’s to blame for Texas’s Delayed Emancipation: Juneteenth?

This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) welcomes comedian Brandon Collins, host of the podcast Drunk Black History, to discuss the egregiously delayed freedom of formerly enslaved people in Texas after the Emancipation Proclamation, aka Juneteenth. They’re joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. America’s newest federal holiday, what is Juneteenth and why has it received such little attention until relatively recently? Tune in and learn about this great injustice in American history. And if you’re in Brooklyn, join our guest Brandon for a Juneteenth Celebration live Drunk Black History show here!

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1:19.2	The Alarmist. This where we talk about histories, greatest tragedies, and figure out who's to blame.
1:35.1	Today we're discussing Texas's delayed emancipation, Juneteenth. Here's what you need to know.
1:42.4	In August of 1619, the first enslaved people from Africa reached Jamestown, Virginia,
1:49.0	starting a long sordid history of slavery in America that would last over 240 years.
1:57.3	The Civil War, which began in 1861, was fought primarily over this issue.
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