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as union soldiers spread -- paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognize...

Security is being stepped up here but the biggest worry for the german authorities is the new threat from within. patti adler, bbc news, berlin. the last public confederate statue on display in richmond, virginia, was removed on monday. ambrose powell hill was a confederate general killed in battle days before the american civil war ended in april 1865. this memorial to him was taken down by crane. richmond is among many cities which have removed symbols of the south's legacy of slavery in recent years. the campaign gained momentum after protests against police brutality and racism that follow...

As union soldiers spread -- paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across t...

For this week's "gotcha", i want to celebrate juneteenth by addressing the racists who fought so hard to erase it from history books and the public consciousness for generations, . first let me commend congress for voting to make juneteenth a national holiday and president biden for signing it into law. for the millions of you who were never taught this in history in school, juneteenth is a commemoration of the day the last enslaved people were notified of their freedom following the civil war, because while the emancipation proclamation was signed in 1863, the confederacy surrendered in april...

I'm going to clarify, i'm not an actor. >> reporter: for the record, the answer to his question is april 1865 when actor john woux booth killed abraham lincoln. he's far from the other celebrity to engage in these kind of comments. yes, hollywood has long tended to that, but this kind of extremist talk is new. madonna said this in washington. >> yes, i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. but i know that this won't change anything. >> reporter: in snoop dogg's video for "lavender" he shoots a cloud version of the president with a mock gun. and kathy griffin made her inte...