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Slavery is over in texas, that spread elsewhere. if there were a just world we americans would have begun celebrating juneteenth in 1865 or 1866. it s taken until 2021 for juneteenth to become a federal holiday and that should make us pause and ask the question why. well, many people in the south and elsewhere, you were talking about near unanimous vote for this holiday. can you imagine a vote juneteenth in 1950 or 1900? would have been very far from unanimous. america has come far enough that a majority of americans understand the evil of slavery and how central the evil was to the history but taken must have too long. the best thing to hope is that juneteenth gives an opportunity to teach our children and ....