For someone who's practiced hiding for years, I'm now choosing to reveal.
On Juneteenth, I began freeing myself from so many years of body shaming. It doesn't look like much, but only having 2 buttons fastened on my shirt was a big little step for me.
I was affirmed, embraced, celebrated—even called ✨dazzling✨.
That little step gave me something I'll need in this next chapter of my life. Also: I'm finna be out here fresh and fast this summer. 😭
We are more beautiful than we think. The best summer body I think any of us will ever have is the one that comes with more confidence and less shame.
Here's to getting freer. Ancestors wouldn't have it any other way. ✨
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#juneteenth will now and forever be recognized as a national holiday as it should. The long awaited day for the freeing of our ancestors. As we learn more and more about our past in this country let us do our best to be everything and do eveything that they ever dreamed and hoped for we owe them that honor. 🙏🏾🖤❤💚💛
On June 19, 1865, Union troops landed on the Texas shores to let the enslaved people of the state know they had been freed from slavery more than two years earlier on January 1, 1863 by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Knowing Chadwick Boseman has always been about reveling in both the joy and the lessons in life, so today we celebrate #Juneteenth as a nation for the first time, making sure that we also understand it’s history.
This symbolic victory is a step in the right direction, but we have miles ahead of us as we continue to fight for equity, reparations and justice reform, and against voter suppression, food insecurity and the laundry list of issues that have debilitated our community for centuries.
Everyone’s traditions around this holiday may be different, but it’s vital that we continue to accurately acknowledge our past, celebrate present victories, and move forward in unity to build a better future.
To learn more, follow people and organizations like @naacp@colorofchange@blklivesmatter@staceyabrams@fairfightaction@michelleobama and @whenweallvote.
And here’s a great reading list for kids and adults that can help educate you on our history: http://bit.ly/aabooklist
Happy #FreedomDay everyone!!
Knowledge has always been power, but on June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, knowledge finally brought delayed freedom to the slaves in Texas. Taking us closer to the ratification of 13th amendment in December 1865.
Understanding our history is one of many ways to break the cycle of racial injustice in this country.
Lift up and amplify Black voices. Support Black owned businesses. Reach back and mentor. Take action through causes and organizations like @blklivesmatter@naacp@campaignzero@bailproject@whenweallvote and @colorofchange.
155 years later, let’s all try to learn from our past so we can create a better future together. Not just today. Everyday.
Happy #Juneteenth!