Black history has become a political battleground once again, where they're not trying to erase it, by the way. Yeah. So what does Juneteenth mean in that moment? You know, Juneteenth is. There are so many layers to it. Juneteenth is a day to remember America's history and with all of the truths that must be spoken about the context in which Juneteenth occurred. which, of course, is that two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the enslaved people of Texas, only two and a half years later, found out that they had, in fact, been free for over two years, but didn't know it. (01:59–02:14)
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Asserts that Juneteenth is a day to remember and speak truths about America's history.
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