Article: Juneteenth: How one Black Texas family’s fight for freedom on Juneteenth offers lessons for today’s lawmakers erasing history

Joshua Houston and his family in October 1898. Courtesy of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum and Republic of Texas Presidential Library, Huntsville, Texas

This story on the afterlife of Juneteenth was recently shared with me by Frank Thompson, a native Texan, who completed a 60-mile Walk to Freedom journey with me last summer (June 2024) from Galveston to Houston. The story is about one Black Texas family’s fight for freedom and lessons for today’s lawmakers. https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/juneteenth-black-texas-family-lawmakers