In 2021, President Joe Biden put pen to paper at the White House to make it a federally recognized holiday - coinciding with the emancipation of the enslaves 155 years before.
Celebrities took to social media early on Monday morning to honor Juneteenth. Kerry Washington, Octavia Spencer and Chelsea Handler were some of the first to share posts.
Nye, known for his 90s TV show, made the assertion in a tweet Sunday afternoon, in a post that saw the 66-year-old attempt to ring in the holiday by dropping some historical insight.
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