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For the first time, bringing news to the 250,000 enslaved black people in texas at the time that, by law, they were free. its a huge merle there in galveston on the site work general granger issued a proclamation. its absolute equality? you see that? do 19, it has been celebrated in the state of texas a very long time. it has been a paid state holiday in texas since 1979. as in that local news article from 1939, it was a day delicately described as of the observance of negro emancipation, but wh...

Biden said this about opal lee. >> you are an incredible woman, miss opal. you really are. as a child growing up in texans trks she and the family would celebrate juneteenth. and juneteenth 1939 when she was 12 years old, the white mob torched her family home. but such hate never stopped her. >> in february of this year opal lee again called on congress to pass the legislation that president biden signed into law today. >> juneteenth can be the unifier thats used to bring this country back toget...

White people, and that explains why black people do get paid less for their work and why they should get paid less, because of the biological inferiority of the black race. that was in 1939 that that mob attacked in ft. worth. actually, that was. that interview on the fox news streaming channel conducted one of the primetime host? that was last night. we have a new national holiday commemorating the end of slavery as of today. federal workers will have tomorrow off in honor of the juneteenth hol...

Screen the second one piece of that coverage from the time, the quote about when exactly it happened. remember this a lead from the first story from the ap i mentioned? "violent climax of observance of negro emancipation tonight ." violent climax observance of negro emancipation. what that awkward language from the newspaper in 1939 tells you is that this attack happened specifically on june 19th, 1939. it happened during the observance of the emancipation of african americans in the united stat...

Believed it. i wanted to believe it. ms. opal, your incredible. a daughter of texas, grandmother of a movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. you are an incredible movement, miss opal . she made it a mission that this day came. it was almost a singular mission. she has walked for miles and miles, literally and figuratively, to bring attention to juneteenth, to make this day possible. i ask, once again, we all stand and give her a warm welcome. >> [ applause ] >> 94 years old . a remarkabl...

No worries. >> thank you. i really appreciate it. thanks at home for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. i will tell you in advance we are having slight technical difficulties in terms of the technical aspects of getting stuff on the show, so in case anything looks hinchey are unlike it usually does, dont worry. nothing is wrong. at least nothing wrong you need to worry about. plenty is wrong, trust me. we start tonight in marshall, texas in east texas. really, really east texas. it ...

And her mom and dad. they moved all the way from near shreveport, louisiana, all the way to ft. worth to pay $165 for their house in new york avenue in ft. worth in the fifth ward in ft. worth. the neighborhood today, that is interstate and major highways that sort of have the effect of cutting it off from a lot of the rest of ft. worth, but back in the late 1930s, of course before all the interstate and all that, and the most important thing to know about the neighborhood when it came to young ...

Burned out of that home in june, 1931. she was interviewed about it by a reporter, angelique jackson. she told the police could not control them. my dad came home with a gun, and the police told him if he busted a cap, they will let that mob have him. if they had given us an opportunity to stay there and be their neighbors, they would have found that we did not want any more than what they had, a decent place to stay, jobs that paid , to be able to go to the school in the neighborhood even thoug...

Holiday. junteenth 1939, when she was 12 years old, a white mob torched her family home, but such hate never stopped her anymore than it stopped the vast majority of you im looking at from this podium. over the course of decades shes made it her mission to see that this day came. it was almost a sipping lar mission. shes walked for miles and miles, literally and figuratively to bring attention to junteenth, to make this day possible. i ask once again we all stand again and give her a warm welcom...

The good folks at fox news prepared last night for the signing of this new law commemorating the end of slavery today, by running and interview by one of their primetime hosts that was all about how black people just have lower iqs than white people, and that explains why black people do get paid less for their work and why they should get paid less because the biological inferiority of the black race. that wasnt 1939 at the mob attack on east any street in fort worth. well, it was. but that int...