By Natoschia Scruggs Much of the nation only learned about Juneteenth last year, when it became a federal holiday. And their idea of what it means is limited to ‘Black Emancipation in Texas.’ Meanwhile, Black Americans across the country have been celebrating Juneteenth for hundreds of years with the understanding that it is emblematic of the closing of a painful chapter we collectively experienced, no matter where we were located geographically at the end of the Civil War. Growing up in a New Jersey family that emphasized knowing our history, as a child I spent countless hours reading whateve…