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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lees dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday...

Since derek chauvin was sentenced for that murder. in that span, the country has seen mass protests, statues come down, schools change their policies all to be more equitable and try to remove remnants of the countrys racist past. a president prone to racist dog whistles was voted out of office. the new president signed a law making juneteenth a federal holiday. it would seem that the arc of history may be bending to its justice. is it? for the state of race in america, i want to talk to annette...

Of comission. and we hit this history intentionally. now we have a painful reckoning to do and perhaps if we had done it decades ago we wouldnt be in the place we are today. >> dawn, isnt that whats happening? isnt that what youre doing? this isnt that what annette is doing with "on juneteenth"? arent we moving in that direction right now? >> i think we are moving in that direction, and im very optimistic about that. i think that is long overdue. i do worry, though, about the backlash, subtle an...

Think thats a threat to democracy, then you dont understand what democracy is. we have an emergency and we need it to happen now. >> its a threat to everyone. thank you for doing what you dont often , do breaking your weekend. but this was important and important to lead with you tonight. happy juneteenth and i will see you in the trenches, >> you know you will. thank you for all you do, reverend al. thanks for having me on. back to the breaking news that juneteenth has become a u.s. federal h...

Happy to know that legally they would not be treated as property and that they had were going to have the children kept and there was happiness there. even though they knew it would be a struggle. and it was a struggle. so people like commemoration so it doesnt sound like you just think everything was made ok on that day. but there is a space for recognising blackjoy. and i think we can do that safely. you have written _ i think we can do that safely. you have written so _ i think we can do that...

Used the declaration of independence, which we celebrate on july 4th, to talk about equality. the importance of equality and creating a new birth of freedom in the united states of america. so, juneteenth, that order is linked to the declaration. it is linked to the fourth of july. it is not a substitute for the fourth of july. nobody -- well, you know, there may be some people out there -- but there is no reason to think that the people who are proponents of juneteenth want to get rid of fourth...

>> good evening to you, too. thank you. happy juneteenth to you, too. >> so, you were at the white house, professor, for the bill signing. and you wrote the book on it. what were you thinking, as juneteenth became a federal holiday? >> well, i -- it was amazing, to me. i was surprised by the senates action. and then, surprised that the house moved so quickly. and even more surprised, about the signing today. i got an invitation, this morning, and hopped on a plane. and came down to be a part of ...

About these issues, about the insurrection, about racism, whatever, and sometimes i feel like im preaching. but if i dont say it, who will? and im not saying it just because i want to say it or im making things up. this is the truth about america. this is part of our history. so, im going to keep saying it, as long as i have this platform. and thats going to be for a while. i am a completely emancipated person. so, there you go. an american. happy juneteenth, yall. president biden calling on a...

Cometh in the morning. juneteenth marks, both, the long, hard night of slavery, of subjugation. and a promise of [ inaudible ] to come. this is the day of -- in my view -- profound weight and profound power. a day, in which, we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery took on the country. and continues to take. what i have long called americas original sin. >> also, momentous. vice president kamala harris, the first-black american to hold that office, witnessing and participating...

Replace the fourth of july with this new day. one that will, inevitably, focus on americas darkest moments. juneteenth is not replacing the fourth of july. and you actually think the two holidays complement each other. explain that. >> they do. they complement one another. i dont -- i dont know who they are but i know i have no intention, nobody that i know has any intention of replacing the fourth of july. we celebrating juneteenth and the fourth of july when i was growing up. the interesting t...