A national holiday since 2021, Juneteenth marks the day – June 19,1865 – Texans received official word of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas. It is a day for celebration as well as a day to remember that holding on to hard-won freedom requires a steady commitment to this nation’s values of commitment to law and equality.

Rev. Carol McKinley is a frequent and popular speaker at KUUF. She comes to us from the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation where she is an affiliated community minister.