Learning more about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday

 

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Juneteenth, the federal holiday also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, is on Sunday, June 19. Last year, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making it the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added in 1983. 

A portmanteau of the date it's celebrated, Juneteenth commemorates the freedom of enslaved Black people in the US.  

"The emancipation of enslaved Black Americans didn't mark the end of America's work to deliver on the promise of equality; it only marked the beginning," Biden said just before signing the Juneteenth holiday into law. "To honor the true meaning of Juneteenth, we have to continue toward that promise because we've not gotten there yet."

https://www.cnet.com/culture/juneteenth-2022-how-is-the-holiday-observed-and-6-ways-you-can-celebrate-it/