Juneteenth Just Became a Federal Holiday in the US. Here’s What That Means.

“A greater recognition of the past, and a greater acknowledgement of the continuing presence of the past in the present, is critically important to properly redress the racial violence, racial subordination, racism, and white supremacy that we face today,” says Professor Margaret Burnham, who was recently nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

Juneteenth Just Became a Federal Holiday in the US. Here’s What That Means.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/06/17/juneteenth-just-became-a-federal-holiday-in-the-us-heres-what-that-means/