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Despite push, states slow to make Juneteenth a paid holiday
The Associated Press ^ | June 15, 2022 | By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY

Posted on 06/15/2022 12:55:51 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled.

Although almost every state recognizes Juneteenth in some fashion, many have been slow to do more than issue a proclamation or resolution, even as some continue to commemorate the Confederacy.

Lawmakers in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and other states failed to advance proposals this year that would have closed state offices and given most of their public employees paid time off for the June 19 holiday.

That trend infuriates Black leaders and community organizers who view making Juneteenth a paid holiday the bare minimum state officials can do to help honor an often overlooked and ignored piece of American history.

“Juneteenth marks the date of major significance in American history. It represents the ways in which freedom for Black people have been delayed,” said Democratic Rep. Anthony Nolan, who is Black, while arguing in favor of making Juneteenth a paid holiday in Connecticut on the House floor. “And if we delay this, it’s a smack in the face to Black folks.”

Juneteenth commemorates when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered in the Civil War and about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 06/15/2022 12:55:51 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Funny reading this now. My work team has a group phone call every morning, and in this morning’s call we were all surprised to hear that we’re off Monday for this. Most people had no idea what it was and I only vaguely do.


2 posted on 06/15/2022 12:59:33 PM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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What it is, is just another appeasement of the blacks. It also is a way to diminish Republican Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.


3 posted on 06/15/2022 1:07:44 PM PDT by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...and about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.”


Sigh. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves not under Union control. It specifically exempted areas of the South that were under Union control at the time of its issuance. As Union armies gained control, slaves were freed under its provisions.

But since it is now a holiday, we should celebrate the fact that it was Republicans who freed the slaves from democrats. And in spite of the raised-black-fist symbols, those slaves didn’t free themselves.


4 posted on 06/15/2022 1:07:57 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Juneteenth marks the date of major significance in American history.

No it doesn't. It marks a date of major significance in Texas history and Texas celebrates it with a paid holiday.

July 24th marks a date of major significance in Utah history and they don't require that the whole country to celebrate it.

5 posted on 06/15/2022 1:09:08 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

En ok HHH with the ass kissing. It doesn’t help.


6 posted on 06/15/2022 1:29:51 PM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Juneteenth is a stupid name. It sounds like it was made up by stupid people who couldn’t remember the actual date (like 4th of July).


7 posted on 06/15/2022 1:30:22 PM PDT by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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Juneteenth is a stupid name. It sounds like it was made up by stupid people who couldn’t remember the actual date (like 4th of July).

Or Kwanza

8 posted on 06/15/2022 1:32:04 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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And it only really applies to an event in Texas!
A remembrance of the passage of the 14th Amendment would be accurate and historically appropriate.


9 posted on 06/15/2022 1:33:52 PM PDT by Reily
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To: mjp
Juneteenth is a stupid name.

Blacks excel at stupid names.

10 posted on 06/15/2022 1:37:53 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Its a stupid BS politically correct holiday. I can see Texas celebrating it cause it happened there. It has no bearing on the rest of the US.


11 posted on 06/15/2022 1:53:46 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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Celebrating June 19th?

June 19th is the date when Communists Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for spying for Russia.

12 posted on 06/15/2022 2:01:03 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Methinks that April 19, 1775 should be a national holiday out at the range.

Hot dogs, beans, beer and cole slaw optional.

5…56mm


13 posted on 06/15/2022 2:04:54 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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14 posted on 06/15/2022 2:27:35 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I always work on the third Monday in January and I will always work on June 19th.


15 posted on 06/15/2022 2:55:57 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd"

Fake news.

16 posted on 06/15/2022 3:12:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Vigilanteman
On June 19, 1865, some black people in Galveston learned that the war was over and that they were free. Presumably it took some time for the news to reach blacks elsewhere in Texas who had been slaves and for them to learn that they were no longer slaves.

I don't know how many people were living in Galveston in 1865. Galveston County had 8229 people in 1860 and over 15 thousand in 1870. I tried to find what the racial breakdown was in that county. Found a list online by county of the white population but the print is very small and therefore hard to read. It looked like it had 6707 for the total white population, which would mean 1522 blacks (if all the non-whites were blacks). Of course the number may have risen between 1860 and 1865, but Galveston County embraces a large area and probably many of the black people were not in Galveston City, so may not have heard the news on June 19.

In any event the number of former slaves who learned that they were no longer slaves on June 19, 1865, wasn't very many--perhaps in the 1,000 to 2,000 range, but perhaps under 1,000.

17 posted on 06/15/2022 3:48:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Reily

Strongly agree.


18 posted on 06/15/2022 4:09:05 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! S Matter)
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To: Reily

July.9th, 1868.


19 posted on 06/15/2022 4:10:51 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! S Matter)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Will Kwanza be the next phony blackness we're supposed to also worship as s real holiday.

Forget ebonics, try working on some simple grammar without using "bitch" in every sentence...too white?

20 posted on 06/15/2022 5:56:52 PM PDT by lewislynn (The Murdochs might be citizens but they aren't true blue Americans.)
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