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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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.
What it is, is just another appeasement of the blacks. It also is a way to diminish Republican Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
“...and about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.”
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.
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.
En ok HHH with the ass kissing. It doesn’t help.
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
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.
Blacks excel at stupid names.
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.
June 19th is the date when Communists Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for spying for Russia.
Methinks that April 19, 1775 should be a national holiday out at the range.
Hot dogs, beans, beer and cole slaw optional.
5…56mm
I always work on the third Monday in January and I will always work on June 19th.
Fake news.
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.
Strongly agree.
July.9th, 1868.
Forget ebonics, try working on some simple grammar without using "bitch" in every sentence...too white?
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