Juneteenth
Posted on AllSides June 21st, 2022
“A year after President Joe Biden signed legislation making June 19 the nation’s 12th federal holiday, people across the U.S. gathered at events filled with music, food and fireworks… Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to order freedom for the enslaved people of the state — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered in the Civil War.” (AP News)
The left focuses on the work still to be done to achieve racial equality.
The right focuses on the progress...
