Juneteenth June 17, 2021 4:22 pm

Harris Speaks to Significance of Juneteenth Holiday

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on the significance of the new federal holiday Juneteenth, which marks the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865, over two years after being granted freedom by the Emancipation Proclamation.

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