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Manhattan: Right at the time of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, I was in Austin for a wedding. I could not help joking with a couple of Uber drivers when I got down there: “What’s going on in Uvalde? I thought y’all Texans packed heat down here!”

Its not a white thing, its not a black thing. its an american thing. >> reporter: in 1980, texas became the first state to make juneteenth a state holiday. by 2019, 47 states and the district of columbia followed suit. last year, president joe biden signed a law making juneteenth a federal holiday. a dream come true for lee and for so many others. >> by making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple ...

For so many others. >> by making juneteenth a federal holiday all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance weve come, but the distance we have to travel. >> reporter: a historical marker can be seen in galveston, texas, at the site where general granger and his troops set up their headquarters announcing the end of slavery. today americans recognize juneteenth with parties and gatherings, and the day is marked as a c...

In galveston, texas with ordered to inform residents that the civil and to tell enslaved african americans they were finally free. the message came more than two years after president abraham lincoln had issued the emancipation proclamation. his order was difficult to enforce, so many slaves didnt see freedom until the end of the war. many african americans have marked the anniversary for years, but it was a woman from texas named opal lee who started a movement to make juneteenth a federal holi...

Today is juneteenth. a day long celebrated within some black communities marking the end of slavery in the united states. but the day has not been well-known from coast to coast until recent years. largely thanks to the 95-year-old woman who texas who started a movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. heres my report reflecting on the history behind the holiday. juneteenth is a celebration that marks the end of slavery in the united states. also known as emancipation day, many consider i...

Process. Heres a small portion of it. These videos are just part of the evidence in various Capitol Riot Court cases. So thats the reality, what you are seeing with your own eyes. Now for the unreality several republican lawmakers and rightwing fox hosts are desperate trying to bury what happened on that day, and you heard them already claim the attack was mostly peaceful, and the rioters were not armed or they were not really pro Trump Supporters and a mob. In fact, republican congressman andre...

Between them becomes that of employer and hired labor, unquote. that was general order number 3, read in galveston, texas, on june 19th, 1856, and with that, the last state to learn of abolition got the news. that general order is the reason for juneteenth celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. on thursday, president biden signed the federal designation into law. >> by making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn f...

For juneteenth celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. on thursday, president biden signed the federal designation into law. >> by making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance weve come. but the distance we have to travel. >> if youre not familiar with juneteenth, dont panic. well explain it further to you in a minute. but the bill to make it a fe...

Fbi is following up. >> juneteenth is a remarkably important day in history. monday will be an important day, it is not in our history, but it will be, child tax credit enhancements are going into effect. it is proposed that this tax credit will take half of children in america out of poverty. it is an embarrassment to discuss how many children are in poverty, deep poverty or food insecure. but a bunch of things are happening. they are making it a monthly pavement as opposed to a tax credit. you...