I believe I was about five years old when I learned about Juneteenth, it wasn’t in school, it was from my mother.

  Admittedly, my mother is an extremely staunch proponent of teaching Black history (she has never held a formal teaching job), and there are innumerable aspects of the topic that she taught us throughout our entire childhoods such to the point that all of it is indelibly ingrained in my brain, completely akin to a second nature.
  I don’t fault the average person for not knowing about it, it is one of millions of omitted lessons in mainstream “history” teachings in this country, yet another failing of formal education, both public and private, both K-12 and post-secondary.  It is not in the interests of The Establishment to inform the masses of things like that. One of the ironies of it not being taught is that it exists in the first place due to The Establishment at the time withholding the information because it was not in its interests to inform the masses.  Having free slavework for a couple of years after the practice was deemed illegal kept their pockets lined with profits for a while longer and kept control the oppressed.

  When, if ever, were you first informed of Juneteenth?
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