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Call with the special presidential envoy on hostage affairs and they had not gotten a full briefing from the team that was in geneva yet, so we did not have any updated information yet. >> joey and paula reed, thank you again for speaking with us. of course we all hope that your son comes home very soon. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you for continuing to show this story. >> certainly. certainly will. >> yes, we absolutely will. we will stay on top of it. it will good to get a health...

Stronger. the truth is its not enough just to commemorate juneteenth. after all, emancipation of enslaved black americans didnt mark the end of americas work to deliver on the promise of equality. it only marked the beginning. to honor the true meaning of juneteenth, we have to continue toward that promise because weve not got therten there yet. all of you in this room are committed to doing just that. thats why we launched an aggressive effort to combat racial discrimination in housing. address...

Call juneteenth. because, you see, that day was not the end of slavery in america. yes, on that day the enslaved people of galveston, texas, learned that they were free, but in fact 2 1/2 years earlier the emancipation praubgmation ended slavery in the confederation. think about that. for more than two years the enslaved people of texas were kept in servitude. for more than two years they were intentionally kept from their freedom, for more than two years. and then on that summer day, 156 years ...

More. so lets make this very juneteenth, tomorrow, the first that our nation will celebrate all together as one nation. a juneteenth of action on many fronts. one of those is vaccinations. tomorrow the vice president will be in atlanta on a bus tour helping to spread the word like all of you have been doing on life-saving vaccines and across the country this weekend including here in washington, people will be canvassing and hosting events in their communities going door to door encouraging vege...

The Ghosts of Comanche Crossing In 1981 three Black teenagers drowned while in law enforcement custody during a Juneteenth gathering at Lake Mexia. Four decades later, Texas’s proudest Emancipation Day celebration still hasn’t recovered. Lake Mexia, seen from Booker T. Washington Park, known locally as Comanche Crossing, on April 21, 2021. Photograph by Michael Starghill Every Juneteenth, as soon as Pamela Baker got to Booker T. Washington Park, she’d race to the merry-go-round, squeeze ...