Hello,

155 years ago today, freedom came to the last enslaved African Americans in the state of Texas.

June 19, 1865 -- the day that's come to be known as Juneteenth -- marked the end of a long struggle to abolish the original sin of the United States of America.

And marks the beginning of the struggle to atone for it.

A century and a half later, that struggle rages on. Over the years, the spirit of racial justice, human rights, and equality for all has moved through countless champions and defenders -- myriad martyrs and icons who were prepared to give their lives (and often did) to ensure that the promise of freedom made so many decades ago might finally see fruition.

Today, that spirit has a new champion with an eternal message: the Black Lives Matter movement.

BLM -- a coalition of Black activist groups and their allies formed after the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2013 -- has become a global beacon of hope and empowerment for people of color everywhere. It has similarly served as a powerful warning to their detractors.

BLM has chased corrupt prosecutors out of office. They've denied re-election to the allies of hate -- like the FL state attorney who oversaw the acquittal of Martin's murderer. And they've pressured the Department of Justice to finally release reports on the extent of police corruption in American cities -- policing the police, at a time when America needs just oversight more than ever.

So, on the anniversary of today's historic occasion, we ask you to help BLM build a future that's worth celebrating.

To stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the boldest and bravest civil rights champions of our time and join the ongoing resistance against police brutality, click here to give what you can to the BLM movement today. >> [link removed]

Thank you for standing on the right side of history.

-The WDTO Team

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