Some residents see the move to declare Juneteenth a holiday as tokenistic as others see a sign of hope.
Some residents see the move to declare Juneteenth a holiday as tokenistic as others see a sign of hope.
This holiday provides Americans with an opportunity to look at history from the point of view of the oppressed.
Long drive to make Juneteenth a national holiday succeeds amid the US’s new reckoning with its history of racism.
Congress sends bill to President Biden making June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US.