I want you to know that in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from which I hail, we are going to be celebrating Juneteenth Day, and it will be the 50th anniversary of Juneteenth Day. Yes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, up north, we started observing this holiday in 1971. It's a long way from Galveston, Texas, making it one of the first northern states to commemorate the end of slavery in our country. (01:28–01:36)
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