Juneteenth 2023 International Art Exhibition present

the artists who commemorate Freedom Day!

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Anand Swaroop Manchiraju

Andrea Clement

Ariel Collins

Bill Jones

Hubert Jackson

Indra Persad Milowe

Janie McGee

Jerome Smith

Jorge De Lara 

Karin Edgett

Lois Daniels-Ingrum

Marcia Neal

Mark Rainey

O Yemi Tubi (MOYAT)

Peter Casini

PJP Martin

Svetlana Nelson

Van Li

Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st 1863. President Biden signed legislation in 2021 that made Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday.