Juneteenth is a powerful reminder that freedom has always been a long fought, hard won, and still remains unfinished. The fight for racial justice did not end in 1865. It lives on in the work that we do every single day. And I think about that responsibility I have as Milwaukee county's first black county executive to carry on this work. (00:34–00:38)
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Asserts that racial justice efforts continue beyond the end of slavery.
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