High Noon Highlights (6/19): Happy Juneteenth

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesOklahoma State Athletics celebrated Juneteenth:

The athletics department put out an article this morning that explains the origin of the holiday. In addition it highlights what it means for some of Oklahoma State Black athletes. This is from Landon Wolf of Cowboy Football.

“Many people recognize the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to be the end of slavery in the United States but this wasn’t the case. The freedom of slaves was widely rejected for more than two years by white slave masters and slave traders. June 19th, 1865 is when Texas’ 250,000 slaves were officially freed. Of course, they were met with resistance due to their…