Florida Justice Institute

On June 19th, 1865, enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free. However, this was two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The delay was not an accident. Freedom was withheld as long as those in power could manage it.

Unfortunately, that legacy lives on. Black people are incarcerated in Florida at much higher rates than white people, a disparity rooted in the same systems Juneteenth reminds us to reckon with.

FJI was founded to challenge those systems and today is a reminder that we need to continue fighting for freedom.

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