Here is historian Peniel Joseph at CNN: Juneteenth commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the end of slavery by a Union major general in Texas. Long celebrated in Black communities from coast to coast, it has been a Texas state holiday...
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Celebrating Juneteenth–together
Historian Tara Strauch reminds us that laws don’t truly make holidays. We have to learn how to celebrate them together. In her recent piece at The Washington Post she compares the acceptance of Juneteenth with the celebration of another regional...
Juneteenth roundup
Here’s what you need to know about Juneteenth: Some basics It is now a federal holiday. NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation: A Juneteenth playlist Kate Masur: Juneteenth is just the start Can the Juneteenth holiday be Black and...
Add Charlie Kirk to the list of those who oppose making Juneteenth a federal holiday
The Trump court evangelical joins the fourteen members of Congress who opposed making Juneteenth a federal holiday. As he is prone to do, the supposedly God-fearing Kirk had a hissy fit on Twitter:...
The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act passes House, Senate.
When Biden signs the bill June 19th, the day celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Americans, will become a federal holiday. On Tuesday, the Senate endorsed the bill unanimously. Yesterday, the House passed the bill by a vote of 415-14. Here...
Learn more about the original Juneteenth proclamation
Today the National Archives revealed the original Juneteenth proclamation, also known as General Order No. 3. Check out NPR’s coverage of this story: “Based on what’s going on now in this country, there was a need to talk about Juneteenth,...
Friday night court evangelical roundup
What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since yesterday’s update? They are not technically “court” evangelicals, but they are definitely Trump evangelicals. The Harris family is back and they are now a Trump worship band: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZOgnIYdQs&w=560&h=315] Some of you may remember them from...
Get your facts straight on Juneteenth
Check out Afi-Odelia Scrugg‘s helpful piece at The Washington Post. A taste: National Geographic says, “As newly freed Texans began moving to neighboring states, Juneteenth celebrations spread across the South and beyond.” CNBC says the holiday spread “as part of the Great Migration of...
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford was behind Trump’s decision to move the Tulsa rally date
Trump claims he did not know that June 19th, 1865 was an important day in African-American history. I guess he forgot that he released a statement on Juneteenth last year. Juneteenth celebrates the date when Union Major General Gordon Granger...
Thursday Night Court Evangelical Roundup
So what has happened in the country since yesterday’s update? Donald Trump continues to deny systemic racism in the police department and American society generally. At a speech at a Dallas megachurch today he said that there is no real...