Dear God our Father,
Grant us by your Holy Spirit grace to contend fearlessly against evil and to make no peace with oppression.
Help us, like those generations before us who resisted the evil of slavery and human bondage in any form and any manner of oppression.
Enable us to use our freedoms to bring justice among people and nations everywhere to the glory of your holy name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (modified form of a prayer from the Evangelical Lutheran Church Association–KSH).
Adeline Cunningham spent 14 years of her life in bondage, and first tasted a life beyond slavery on June 19, 1865 as US troops landed in Galveston, TX.
Cunningham is pictured on her porch in San Antonio, nearly 72 years after she first celebrated her emancipation, or Juneteenth. pic.twitter.com/OjnqIcTplh
— Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (@ReconstructNPS) June 20, 2022