Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, but it's not just another day off
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Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, the first new federal holiday since 1983. So what would it mean to have a day off to commemorate the day that the last enslaved people in Texas learned they were free? Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell weighs in on this new holiday as well as the national backlash against what's known as critical race theory.
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