Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20210616:01:54:00
Today, we are one step closer to a new federal holiday. there are currently ten federal holidays that we recognize here in the united states, but we will likely soon have 11. senate today passed a resolution establishing juneteenth as a national federal holiday. juneteenth, of course, celebrates the end of slavery in the united states. president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation in 1863 but it would be another two and a half years before the last remaining slaves in galveston, texas, finally learned of their freedom on june 19, 1965. june 19 is jnlt. juneteenth. now, the fact that t...
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