Tommie Boudreaux grew up knowing about Juneteenth. For almost eight decades, she’s lived in Galveston, Texas—where, on June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 announced that one of the last groups of enslaved Black people in the US were free.

Tommie Boudreaux grew up knowing about Juneteenth. For almost eight decades, she’s lived in Galveston, Texas—where, on June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 announced that one of the last groups of enslaved Black people in the US were free.