welcome to hollywood! where an epic party is getting started. the stage at the historic greek theater will soon light up with an extraordinary list of musical talent all taking part in a global celebration for freedom. i am sara sidner. i am sitting next to my man van jones. he s here to celebrate juneteeth on cnn. we are so excited to be with you. this is america s newest federal holiday, commemorating the end, the true end of slavery in this country. folks heading to the greek theater, here in hollywood. and all of you at home are going to see an incredible concert with an amazing all-star lineup of black singers and songwriters. we re going to enjoy a show-stopping tribute to the queen of rock and roll, tina turner. we lost her this year. it was devastating for all of us. but you re going to see something you haven t seen before, y all. so stick around. actress chloe will give us her rendition of one of turner s greatest hits what s love got to do with it? she is going t
is going to carry us forward even further that you have. i want to wish you a happy juneteeth, our third federal juneteeth, with many, many more to come. thank you, van. thank you. that was an extraordinary thing. and miss opal and deonne, there s going to be a national juneteeth museum that they re working on. it s going to open in fort worth, texas, on juneteeth, 2025. it takes a long time to plan these things. how beautiful, i love what she said that if you can teach someone to hate, you can teach them to love. she s still on fire 96 years old. for more information on how you can help empower the black community on juneteeth and beyond, go to cnn.com/impact. or use your phone to scan the qr code on the banner below. some of the hottest black singers and songwriters are
like on my pizza. i m not sure for folks who read the book, they can see what they take away from it. congresswoman davis, i m with you on that. i should point out, your journey has been a historic one. you re one of the first two native americans elected to congress. you re the first out lgbt native american elected to congress. you re the first out lesbian elected to congress from kansas. so congresswoman davis, congratulations on the book. thank you so much. wonderful to be on the journey with you. thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to talk to you. up next, it s pride month and the senate is finally expected to vote on the equality act. two important voices join me next. act. two important voices join me next welcome back to that same old place that you laughed about well, the names have all changed since you hung around
didn t recognize lincoln authority kept news to themselves. when they proclaimed the last enslaved people of nation were freed, june 19th became a day of celebration marking the true independence day in this nation. 42 years ago tomorrow, texas became first state to make juneteeth an official holiday and more and more states are following texas lead. joining me is anette gordon reed. it s great to see you. it s been a very long time since we have seen each other. very long time. climbing up the side of rock in dresden, yes. let s talk about your new book on juneteeth. there s a great passage here in your book. it s about questioning the morals of the past.
of bipartisanship. that is one of listening. and my hope is that we can see movement on this fairly quickly. and a little bit of time we have left, i m going to take a little bit of extra time but we have to talk about the little book over your shoulder. sharice s big voice. what is it about? what message are you sending? yeah. it s really a story a native kid that becomes a congresswoman is about my journey and some stories from my childhood that not traditional for maybe someone getting into congress but my hope is that folks will read this book and see that every single person s journey is different but important. and that all of us deserve to be seen and heard and then maybe the biggest take away, i don t