Juneteenth Becomes Federal Holiday
Kaleidoscope
English - June 21, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 7.33 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNews Society & Culture racism mental health unifying america transgender greenwood police brutality progress change housing communities of color Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On June 19, 1865, enslaved Blacks in Texas learned they were free...two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. More than 150-years later, President Biden declared what is now called Juneteenth, a federal holiday. In the Kaleidoscope, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) who has long supported the legislation, held the gavel that officially declared the passage, joins host Allison Keyes to tell us how she's feeling.
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