Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20210621:08:48:00
Of course, texas was the first state to acknowledge juneteenth, which, of course, is their acknowledgement that they were the last state to knowledge emancipation. by 1999 three other states, minnesota, oklahoma, and florida were added. it was the first decade in this century that momentum took off. 30-plus states added it from 2000 to 2009. by the time congress voted on it every state but two had juneteenth as a state holiday. just south dakota and hawaii didn't have it. north dakota was the most recent state to add it in april. what's interesting here is just sort of where public opinion has...
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