The Juneteenth Parade and Walk took place from the W.E.B DuBois Centre through the principal streets of Accra, passing through the Lands Commission, 37 Military Hospital, and finally to the Accra Tourist Information Centre (ATIC).
On June 19, the United States observes Juneteenth to commemorate the end of slavery, a painful chapter in the nation’s history whose legacy continues to reverberate.
Ghana took its turn on Saturday 22nd June 2024, when the Diaspora and the Black Americans in Ghana walked through some principal streets of Accra to commemorate such great sacrifice. The President of the African American Association of Ghana, Mr. Diallo Sumbry and the CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Mr. Akwasi Agyemang led the parade.
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed enslaved people in Confederate states, but it did not immediately end slavery in places such as Texas that remained under Confederate control. Two and a half years later, on June 19, 1865, Union troops led by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free. Nationwide emancipation came with the ratification of the 13th Amendment later that year.
