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Here we are in 2021 and finally we are celebrating at least a national holiday, marking the end of slavery. >> and it is a good thing. i think you know the acceptance by one of those rare issues about the congress and the house and senate were able to come together. that's a great thing. we see so little of it these days. >> i will be watching your coverage on juneteenth day, tomorrow the 19th. michael, it is always a pleasure to see you. you have a great weekend. >> good to see you. thank you, sir. this is "don lemon tonight," i hope you are enjoying your national juneteenth history. we are...

Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday is a long time coming. my guest next, kareem abdul jabar, how protest movement changed history in this country. he talks about his own fight for racial justice and what he learned about meeting dr. martin luther king jr. watch this. >> this picture shows me at a press conference that dr. king gave. i was in the journalism workshop and i was given the privilege to cover this event,. at that point if was not the

But at the end of the day, donald trump did make more people aware of it but he did not -- >> april -- >> -- by any means, make people totally understand, oh, juneteenth is something. no, it was there before. >> but i would say most people made donald trump aware of juneteenth. and through that awareness, he got to talk about it. i don't -- i don't think it's -- i don't think that he made people aware. people made him aware. and then, he was surprised like, oh, is this a big deal? or -- and the people around him should have known better. that's just their ignorance. so, mark, binder describes ...

Us know about it. he did bring more people into juneteenth. he didn't explain it as he tries to rewrite history. at the end of the day, donald trump did make more people aware of it. he did not -- >> april. >> oh, juneteenth is something. >> i would say that most people made donald trump aware of juneteenth. through that awareness he got to talk about it. i don't think he made people aware of it. people made him aware of it. oh, is this a big deal or and the people around him should have known better. that's just their ignorance. the president shows a level of empathy for george floyd that he ...

Machine. both, from right-wing provocateur, charlie kirk. the first is a tweet from last year. praising senate republicans for introducing a bill to make juneteenth a federal holiday. and then, it goes on to ask why former-president barack obama and then-vp biden didn't establish a holiday during their administration? fast forward. but not that far forward. remember, one year. to a tweet from yesterday. kirk says that juneteenth is an affront to july 4th, and slams gop lawmakers for supporting the bill. ladies and gentlemen, that is a f f flip-flop of stupid proportions. but not the only fooli...