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Officer Tatum does not celebrate Juneteenth and explains why in this clip. He details what the holiday actually represents and does not...

Several people have responded to a tweet from Bill Nye the "Science Guy," after he posted on Twitter about America's founding, slavery and Juneteeth.

Bill Nye, the "Science Guy," falsly claimed in a recent tweet that the last slaves weren't officially freed until June 19, 1865, or on "Juneteenth."

In this new vision, the United States should implement policies at the local level that fold into an international agenda.

Bill Nye, the "Science Guy," falsly claimed in a recent tweet that the last slaves weren't officially freed until June 19, 1865, or on "Juneteenth."

Bill Nye, the "Science Guy," falsly claimed in a recent tweet that the last slaves weren't officially freed until June 19, 1865, or on "Juneteenth."

Sam Roberts and his family are planning for Juneteenth, the newest U.S. holiday commemorating the 1865 emancipation of Black enslaved people at the end of the Civil War. On Sunday, the Roberts family and other Americans will attend celebrations and observances. It’s part of a growing national...

Junior Chenoa Francis said she felt “genuinely seen” when President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency called Black lives matter an “eternal truth” that should be universally accepted. Oaks made the statement on Oct. 27, 2020, at a devotional at BYU in Provo. The following year, in 2021, the celebration of the emancipation, or freedom, of slaves in the United States, a day known as “Juneteenth,” became a federal holiday, which Francis added also helped her to feel seen.

Celebration Traced to Freeing of Slaves in Texas in 1865.

National holiday commemorates 1865 date enslaved Blacks were freed