Juneteenth not recognized as a legal holiday in more than 20 states
Juneteenth has been a federal holiday for two years now. The holiday recognizes the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they were free, following the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier. But about half the states in the nation have not made Juneteenth an official…
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