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And such hate never stopped her. >> joining us now, we've got professor at harvard university, pulitzer prize winning author, amet gordon reid. her acclaimed book is entitled "on juneteenth." annette, when we had you on before, you told us that you had a little bit of problem people outside of texas celebrating this holiday. so i'm thinking this morning, in the words of my grandmother, grandma, jewel, this must take the rag off the churn. this has to really be something for, a national holiday. would you have even believed this which you started writing this book? i would >> i wouldn't have be...

>> by making juneteenth a federal holiday all americans can feel the power of this day and learn history. great nations don't ignore their most painful moments. great nations don't ignore their most painful moments. they don't ignore those moments in the past. they embrace them. >> while junteenth will now be commemorated nationwide, in some red states it could be illegal to teach what the holiday is about. they're aiming to dictate how historical and modern racism in america are tall. that includes the state of texas where junteenth was first celebrated. governor abbott wants to ban public ra...

Confederacy. after the civil war, we gave reparation to the south when they killed more than 75,000 american soldiers. tomorrow is memorial day when we memorialize and salute american soldiers. they have no problem with it until you put a black face a -- on reparation. >> that's why i wanted to put that out there, because people do not understand learning the last few years about greenwood and the riot there in tulsa, many of us grew up hearing it from our parents and those of us who had it in school, but no one talks about they were never given anything in reparative justice. before we run ou...

Harvard historian Annette Gordon-Reed explores the history of Texas, blending research and personal memoir.

Clack: To sanitize 1619 is to deny America's history May 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently said he did not view 1619 as a significant date in American history. But without 1619, the Constitution is a different document and America a different nation.Stefani Reynolds /Bloomberg “There must doubtless be an unhappy influence on the manners of our people produced by the existence of slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and ...