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Jun 11, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated the Juneteenth holiday early with a Monday concert on the White House South Lawn with singers including Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. “Black history is American history,” Biden told the crowd.
Jun 18, 2024 · On June 19, 1865, freedom finally came for the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas. That day, which would become known as Juneteenth, the Army arrived to enforce what had already been the law...
Jun 18, 2021 · President Biden signed a bill to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The legislation gained momentum in the wake of the police...
Jun 10, 2024 · President Biden warned on Monday of “old ghosts in new garments trying to take us back” in remarks commemorating Juneteenth, the national holiday that marks the freedom of the last enslaved ...
Jun 18, 2021 · Juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slavery and subjugation, and a promise of a brighter morning to come. This is a day of profound — in my view — profound weight and profound power.
Jun 17, 2021 · WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law Thursday, officially making June 19 a federal holiday and giving national recognition to a day...
Jun 17, 2021 · President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to recognize Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States — as a federal holiday. Federal employees...
Jun 17, 2021 · Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to Biden, while the Senate passed the bill...
Jun 19, 2022 · Statement by President Joe Biden on Juneteenth. Briefing Room. Statements and Releases. One year ago, I had the great honor of signing legislation to establish Juneteenth as a national...
Jun 17, 2021 · President Joe Biden said that signing legislation into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day – a US federal holiday commemorating the end of...
