Here's what to know about Juneteenth, the importance of it and how it came to be:
a bill to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal, public holiday, despite some initial pushback from Republican lawmakers. soon after, in a 415-14 vote, with all of the opposition coming from Republicans.
Despite its passage, the law could not be enforced in Confederate territories before the end of the Civil War in April 1965, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., , noting that slavery still would not be abolished nationwide until the 13th Amendment was ratified in December of that year.
Although communities have celebrated Juneteenth for more than 150 years, calls grew to establish it as a federal holiday during the summer of 2020, as the, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and others became high-profile examples of a disproportionate number of deaths of Black Americans at the hands of White police officers.
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