psalm tells us. weapon weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning. juneteenth marks, both, the long, hard night of slavery, of subjugation, and a promise to come. this is a day of in my view profound weight and profound power. a day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll, that slavery took on the country, and continues to take. what i ve long called america s original sin. also, momentous. vice president kamala harris, the first-black american to hold that office, witnessing and participating in the historic event. throughout history, juneteenth has been known by many names. jubilee day. freedom day.
liberation day. emancipation day. and today, a national holiday. we are gathered here in a house built by enslaved people. we are footsteps away from where president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. healing the stains of racism is a very slow process in america. juneteenth marks a day in 1865. but president lincoln, actually, issued the emancipation proclamation in 1863. americans in parts of the south, held in bondage for two years after they were freed from enslavement. making juneteenth a national holiday should be a no brainer in the 21st century. and yet, 14 republicans in the house voted against the bill. there they are. take a look at them.
whew! so, tonight. i ll be eating the gyro quesadilla from.al quick stop.in. hyde park. (doorbell) excellent. and, tonight. i ll be eating the chicken pot pie from.founding farmers.in. foggy bottom. (doorbell) (giggle) oh, they re excellent. i had so many beignets i thought i was going to hurl. do ya think they bought it? oh yeah. president biden signing a bill to establish june neteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states. let s discuss the significance with historian annette gordon reid. i said you literally wrote the book, and you did. thank you so much for joining. good evening to you. happy juneteenth. good evening to you, too. thank you. happy juneteenth to you, too. so, you were at the white house, professor, for the bill signing. and you wrote the book on it. what were you thinking, as juneteenth became a federal
got to be a boogieman so now critical-race theory is the new boogieman. don t fall for the okeydoke. it s so transparent, but people do fall for it, as we know. since there was an insurrection on capitol hill from people who were coopted by the big lie. and so, now, critical-race theory is the big lie, right? but tonight, there is exciting news about america. okay? let s let s the good news. and a nation coming to grips with its past and the horrors of slavery, juneteenth is now a national holiday. juneteenth national independence day, to be exact. forever, going forward. america commemorates june 19th, 1865, as the end of slavery in the united states. the current president of the united states, joe biden, signing the bill into law in a remarkable and historic ceremony at the white house. america taking a giant step forward in acknowledging the horrors of slavery. the president speaking about juneteenth, in biblical terms. a day that reflects what the
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