eastern, the poor people's campaign rally, an online gathering of people across the country speaking out against social injustice. speakers include activist cornel west, actor danny glover, comedian wanda sykes, actress debra messing, former vice president al gore and his daughter karenna, and actress and activist jane fonda. live saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the poor people's campaign against social injustice, on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. trump: this november we are going to take back the house , we are going to hold the senate, and we are going to keep the white house. >> president trump returns to the campaign trail saturday for a rally in tulsa. watch our live coverage starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, or-demand at c-span.org,

listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> the emancipation proclamation, it was signed into

law of september 1862 to go in effect january 1, 1863, but the word, the enforcement of the emancipation proclamation did not go into effect here in the south until 2 1/2 years after the effective date. african-american slaves could not read. it was against the law for them to be able to read. i do not think that you about it. the union troops arrived in galveston on june 18, 1865. it was 2,000 union soldiers along with a ranger. some of the slaves, once they heard they were free, were jubilant. others were depressed because they had never been on their own. they did not have a place to go. they did not have any money to purchase anything. so, a lot of slaves stayed at

first baptist church, which was established in 1840. we're at ashton villa, which was the first brick mansion constructed on galveston island. it was constructed in 1859. this place also served as the residence for the confederate army. and then later joan gordon granger's residence when he arrived on june 18. 1865. we have been having a celebration at ashton villa for 36 years. and it coincided with the state of texas holiday. the texas state holiday occurred by an african-american representative by the name of al edwards of houston, texas. he remembered as the kid growing

up the celebration of june -- so he introduced a law making that a paid holiday. there were only 8 african-american legislators, black legislators in the legislature. and this bill passed. and it was signed into law. and it went into effect june 13, 1979. it was mainly here in the south where the celebration was, you had major celebrations. today, you have big celebrations in milwaukee, los angeles, washington, d.c., new york, san antonio. there are a lot, over 40 states. and at least five foreign countries that even celebrate

the june teenth emancipation day. this date is very important because it showed that even though texas is a southern state, it had compassion for the african-american struggle of slavery. in commemoration of juneteenth and the end of slavery in the u.s., axios held a series of interviews on issues facing the black community. among the speakers, bet cofounder robert johnson, houston mayor sylvester turner, and former president obama advisor valerie jarrett. >> hey, everyone, thank you so much for joining us, and welcome to axios