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Then again, when is america not thinking about this? this day should remind us our faith in the future is well placed, that things have changed for the better and they will continue to change if people of good conscience fight for it. it is always a kind of back-and-forth process, isnt it? after all, the 13th amendment which banned slavery was ratified in december 1865, just months after the first juneteenth, but the supreme court mangled it with its ruling in plessy verses ferguson, establishin...

High school, even in college learning that slavery ended with the emancipation proclamation and with the 13th amendment, it turns out thats not the case. within days of the 13th amendment being passed, many states were passing laws that made it possible to arrest, convict and re-enslave black americans. in fact, alabama at one point produced some 75% of its revenue convicting and re-enslaving black americans. and these were, these were not crimes that you and i think of as crimes. these were fak...

And will continue to report on trials for those pills. doctor uche blackstone. thank you. >> the u.s. womens soccer team well,, as you know are going for the fifth goal medal at these olympics next month. the mens team didnt even qualify. so why do they get paid so much more money? >> when they get paid less to do the same job. >> were going to speak with the filmmakers who documented the ongoing fight for equal pay in u.s. procedure. >> and coming up on the sunday show, senator jeff merkley on ...

President harris met with them, they have told them that they can only go so far in their states. this federal legislation would help with these sham audits, with these ridiculous state laws that are coming. and they need the federal legislation to protect their voting. >> absolutely. once again, the 1965 voting rights act, at the time of the passing of that act in alabama, only 2% -- 2% -- of blacks in alabama at the time, 40% of the population, and only 2% of them were registered to vote. so t...

Name of it, seems like it is semantics. >> yes. if you look at it, alabama, alabama, kentucky, south carolina, tennessee, texas, texas. sure, youve got arizona and california and wisconsin in there, but you have to understand these are also republicans who represent confederate states, okay. you cannot ignore that reality. what you are also dealing with, sure they want to say, oh, you put independence in it. what did they think it was? with juneteenth, when enslaved people, when black people in ...

1865 when union soldiers arrived in galveston, texas and informed enslaved african-americans that they were free. it would take another six months before the 13th amendment was ratified abolishing slavery in the four border states that had not been subjected to president lincolns order. as president biden signed the bill making juneteenth an official federal holiday yesterday, he called it one of the greatest honors of his presidency and he made it a case for action on his broader civil rights a...

They learned that they were free. and they claimed their freedom. it was indeed an important day. still let us all remember that that didnt end slavely in america. the truth is, it would be six more months before the 13th amendment was ratified. before enslaved people in the south and the north were free. so as we commemorate the history of juneteenth, as we did just weeks ago with the history of the tulsa race massacre, we must learn from our history and we must teach our children our history. ...

It was indeed an important day. [ applause ] >> and still let us also remember that day was not the end of slavery in america. the truth is it would be six more months before the 13th amendment was ratified, before enslaved people in the south and the north were free, so as we commemorate the history of juneteenth as we did weeks ago with the tulsa race massacre, we must learn from our history and we must teach our children our history because it is part of our history as a nation. it is part of...

Freedom. it was, indeed, an important day. [ applause ] >> still, let us also remember that day was not the end of slavery in america. the truth is, it would be six more months before the 13th amendment was ratified, before enslaved people in the south and north were free, so as we commemorate the history of juneteenth, as we did just weeks ago with the history of the tulsa race massacre, we must learn from our history and we must teach our children our history, because it is part of our history...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has recognized Juneteenth, the day commemorating the...