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Two years after president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 after congress passed a bill to embrace the occasion well have much more on juneteenth a little further ahead on "morning joe. right now, lets turn back to politics. we have the founder of the conservative website "the bulwark," charlie sykes with us. charlie, thanks for being here. >> morning. >> weve been talking a bunch this show about republicans sharpening their atta...

Movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. known as the grandmother of juneteenth, the 95-year-old campaigned on the issue for decades. she even held a two and a half mile march each year to commemorate the two and a half years it took for slaves in texas to learn they were free. >> please, please continue the kinds of things you know we need to become one people. its not a white thing. its not a black thing. its an american thing. >> reporter: in 198 texas became the first state to make jun...

>> certainly the president is pushing in every way he can and so no question about that, and i think were at a point where we see some things happening in the senate around the edges that dont go to the fundamental essence of dnl conditional trying to get back power. hell work with us on making juneteenth a federal holiday, which was great, but why arent reprotecting peoples freedom to vote? theyll work with us on an innovation bill. great but that doesnt tackle what weve got to do on the climat...

That you have these senators, republican senators, who voted for the holiday and yet are burying their heads in the sand or being in intentional denial around the fact that we are still trying to make the promise of juneteenth a reality, particularly as with regards to voting rights. >> you would think that if you voted to commemorate the end of slavery, you would think it would go hand in hand with voting to protect the right to vote. some of our viewers may not know, but 94-year-old opal lee, ...

And if they will not disavow the filibuster then i think that the democrats will have to ask themselves where do they go from here? i just cant understand, brian, why voting rights is such an issue right now. they passed a law granting juneteenth -- making juneteenth a federal holiday. it was low hanging fruit. that was an easy one to do. but in many ways i think it was subterfuge for the bigger fight republicans want to engage in, and thats the issue of voting rights and thats the issue of poli...

Today marks the first time america celebrates juneteenth as a federal holiday. youre looking at galveston, texas, the birthplace of juneteenth celebrations. 94-year-old opal lee known as the grandmother of juneteenth joined a parade through ft. worth, texas today to celebrate the federal recognition of this day which she spent her whole life fighting for. and in brooklyn today, a statue unveiled to honor george floyd. for those that may not know, juneteenth marks the day when enslaved people in ...