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Who did not survive this period, indicated that a nation divided cannot stand. juneteenth is a reckoning that we wanted to survive as a nation, and we freed the slaves. that is a beautiful story, even in the backdrop of the brutality. i hope as we go over and over again, we will have a juneteenth museum. it was out of houston texas. those are good stories and i worked on them for years. telling the story of juneteenth. look where we are today. an amazing vote in the senate, and an actual vote in the house of representatives, 415 people. i think the real question on this critical race theory is why we re so afraid of race? we are better when we talk about it, when we understand it and when we acknowledge that my ....
Tonight though we have just done it for the first time since then, almost 40 years. there was a unanimous vote in the senate that we told you about on last night show that happened late last night, tonight there has been a big but not unanimous vote in the house. but it passed easily and in the end it was texas congressman who was able to call it with just palpable joy, as she did so. on this vote, the yeas are 415 and the nays are 14, the bill is passed. texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee announcing the passage tonight in the house of legislation to make juneteenth a federal holiday, congresswoman sheila jackson lee sponsored the legislation to make juneteenth a federal ....
Can you believe it? black people were free and emancipated, and then didn t find out it was on purpose, purposefully that they weren t free or emancipated, two years after. so, black-americans have long observed juneteenth as the unofficial end of slavery in this country. though, you know, it has been a state holiday in texas for 40 years. it hasn t had full recognition. well, as they say, a change is going to come, right? the senate passed a bill just yesterday. president biden, expected to sign into law. as juneteenth national independence day. juneteenth national independence day. keep that name in mind and i will tell you why in just a moment. the house vote, nearly unanimous. 415. 415-14. democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez noting tonight that the 14 dissenters are all white-republican men. i mean, this is pretty consistent with, i think, the republican base. and it s whether it s trying ....
President s helicopter will be landing at the white house in a few minute just today the house of representatives passed a bill to establish june 19th at juneteenth u.s. independence day commemorating the end of slavery in the united states. the house vote was 415-14. all 14 votes against the bim were, of course, from republicans. yesterday the senate approved the bill by unanimous consent and ready for the president s signature. the 1863 emancipation proclamation was not immediately implemented to end slavery. two words later the people reached the people of texas when major general granger announced ....
Really brought it down for those who do not live. this was so significant because it encouraged people across the country. and it reckoned with the fact that a quarter of 1 million people were held as property for 2 1/2 more years. and frankly, i believe the affirmation of this legislation, this holiday, 48 years since the last federal holiday was established, really indicated that the original sin of this nation with the knowledge that american can begin to talk about it in a unified manner and we accepted the words of abraham lincoln. an action divided against itself cannot stand. last night, republicans and democrats, 415, voted to make juneteenth a national holiday. in texas, we have a lot of fun. we have great celebrations. but it is sober and somber and real. and americans will have an opportunity to experience that in a federal holiday. ....