National Freedom Day

Hello Internet! Good to see you again. Forgot to say that last time forgive me.


Maybe you have heard of Juneteenth and the 4th of July.


But what about National Freedom Day?

Why am I even bringing this up?
It's important as will be revealed.


This holiday was created by the founder of Savannah State University's founder Richard R. Wright.

Okay what does it celebrate you may ask.

Richard R. Wright worked to get this holiday declared official by President Truman to celebrate the day President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th amendment. This is what the made the freedom of enslaved Afrikans official.

It's actually the first day of Black History Month as it is celebrated on February 1.

Now that we've got the facts I'd like to say how I feel about National Freedom Day.

First of all I really admire Mr. Wright for working that hard to get the holiday established. I am also glad he did because there are a lot of common misconceptions about when the freedom of enslaved Afrikans was official.

I also feel like more people should know about this day. I mean I didn't even hear about it until I wrote a paper on it. I wonder if a lot of people are in the same situation. Hopefully this blog post will help someone then :).

After all it is the first day of Black History Month. I am not even sure if it gets a parade which is really sad to me. After all that work Mr. Wright did it doesn't seem to get as much fan fare as other holidays even though it is just as important. Hopefully on February 1 I will be surprised. If not I will be the one person walking around on February 1 saying  "Happy National Freedom Day!"


                                                                 Works Cited
            "Educator, Banker, Civil Rights Leader." Wharton Alumni Magazine 2007: n. pag. Web. 5 Oct. 2014.