NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 18: People participate in a Juneteenth celebration in Fort Greene park on June 18, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Originating in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, Juneteenth celebrates the announcement, about two months after the end of the Civil War, that Gordon Granger, a Union general, informed enslaved African Americans of their freedom and that the Civil War had ended. The holiday is also called “Juneteenth Independence Day,” “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day” and was made a federal holiday in 2021. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)