Understanding Juneteenth and why it still matters
Thursday, June 19th 2025, 3:13:00 pm
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Clint Smith, author of "How the Word Is Passed," explains the history behind Juneteenth and why its 2021 recognition as a federal holiday came more than 150 years after freedom reached the last enslaved people in Texas.
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