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The 19th annual Juneteenth event is underway near MLK & Lake Mead tonight. Lots of music, fun and entertainment is on tap, but it’s all held to honor a very meaningful day in history: the end of slavery in The United States. We have more coming up at 11. @8NewsNow #8NN
“It’s so great to see so many young people out here. It’s up to us to see the importance of our culture is passed on to the next generation.”
People stand up to speak about the importance of today’s Juneteenth event. #8NN
People stand up to speak about the importance of today’s Juneteenth event. #8NN
Happy #Junteenth! Today, Protect Democracy is proud to endorse H.R. 40 To Create a Federal Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals! There are many reasons we think this commission is important to our democracy. Here are a few: #Juneteenth2019
As H.R. 40 states, “following the abolition of slavery the United States Government, at the Federal, State, and local level, continued to perpetuate, condone and often profit from practices that continued to brutalize and disadvantage African-Americans..." #Juneteenth2019
This history is not history; it is part of our present. As a result of African slavery and discrimination, African-Americans have suffered disproportionate disadvantages in education, finance, housing, employment, criminal justice, and political power. #Juneteenth2019
This weekend has made me so incredibly proud to be a Democrat. There were so many people and events, it was so astonishing to see how far the @virginiadems have come.
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Yesterday, I had the distinct privilege of attending an event in Fredericksburg that commemorates Juneteenth, the day the last slaves were freed. It has been over 150 years since that day.
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We must honor all who perished before that day. We must remember the sacrifices that have been made since. We must acknowledge how far we've come, but how far we still have left to go.
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