Friday’s Juneteenth celebrations commemorate the end of slavery in the United States 155 years ago, and this year it’s taking on an even larger meaning, with a growing number of companies now recognizing it as a paid holiday. NBC’s Blayne Alexander delves into the history of the holiday for TODAY.
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That plaque looks fresh. Never once heard of this referred to as "Juneteenth" yet, my auto-correct spells it already.
American blacks needed a lot of patience.
Here you have people saying "I've never heard of it." So they think it shouldn't be a holiday at all. Incredible. The ignorance of our people… incredible….
I don’t care. It was my sisters 65th birthday which we couldn’t celebrate because of this crap. I’m sick of rioters and protestors. Go home.
US history books is farce and full of lies.How can you trust someone who falsified History books for generations.
Please, if this is so well known why have no schools included it in their African American studies?
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This is not taught in California… lived here my whole life, 2020 is the first I've heard of it
Our history books are old outdated and need to be changed with the whole truth of the US History…good, bad and extremely ugly. 👊🏽
Covid is a hoax AGENDA 21 fake news
Gonna encourage everyone to crowd the streets? Hypocrites.
Why didn't we learn about this in elementary school yet learn about Columbus day??? Wtf….school system needs to change and stop teaching kids useless things.
hey, did you tell Trump, just saying, he will be offended, if you don't tell him, he being nobody and all.
Not anymore slaves in America they be sold and traded in the middle East
Eat your heart out Latinx's
Slavery for our people according to the bible has not ended..Jeremiah 33:7, Ezekiel 39:23, Deuteronomy. 28:68 …the physical chains may no longer be on us….but we are still under slavery in our slavemasters land until Jesus return and rescue us.
Made up holiday.
Our people love to celebrate man made days instead of the days the most high given us in leviticus chapter 23
I OWN it.7417 and my Dad and mom. But Martha RODRIGUEZ, who is 0000 or 7417,4444,what you already know. She is my Saint. And i will never forget her and my dad.
I live in Texas and we have always celebrated this holiday!!!!
If it's so important, why didn't Obama make it a national holiday?
Stop police brutality I can't breathe!!!!!!!😷
We are so sick and tired of all these black stories shoved in our faces
It needs to be banned it offends me everything from the civil must be destroyed not just one side
It ended Chattle Slavery; they switched it up to institutionalized slavery
Oh how wonderful… another holiday.
Why are we just now seeing this. It makes no sense.
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