Juneteenth: The story behind the 155-year-old holiday that commemorates the end of slavery

On June 19, 1865, 155 years ago Friday, the last group of slaves in the United States were freed. Their freedom was bittersweet -- it came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863. CBS News special correspondent James Brown shares the story of the day that became known as Juneteenth.

[@cuckoophendula8211]

PSA: Don't forget to turn the volume back down after watching this video.

[@someonesomeone3776]

Haha thanks

[@morganmartin7543]

Why is it so low 💀

[@jonlohrenz5446]

The video was so quiet I could hear the grass growing outside over the video

[@someonesomeone3776]

@@jonlohrenz5446 😂😂

[@OutdoorLCD]

Thanks for reminding me.

[@animemenga125]

I had honestly never heard of juneteenth before today. it never appeared on my google calendar till this year and no one had told me about it so today was a learning day!

[@unkierich]

Don't feel bad, I live in a town that has celebrated Juneteenth annually since 1891. I have been celebrating it since the 1980s, and yet I found out this year people outside Texas celebrate it.

[@teax25]

I never heard of it either. From what was say, it has been around just not official. It's like how my family celebrates the harvest after the full moon in the Fall. It is not an official, but my family and our people do it. Make me wonder how many unofficial holiday are celebrated by the different cultures within the US.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Maybe if it had a more descriptive name like "june NINEteenth" or "end of slavery day" or something like that, more would have known about it. But a word like "juneteenth" doesn't make sense to a lot of people. That could be any one of seven days. People go around using slang words known to only the members of a certain community, NO WONDER everyone outside of that community doesn't know what they are talking about. There is a language gap between the black community and the rest of the English speaking world. Maybe if we all used the same words for things, there would not be as many problems? OH, but if someone starts speaking like someone of a different skin color, they get harassed by members of their own race. Cultural gaps like that need to be removed.

[@unkierich]

@@peterbelanger4094 LOL, I guess I accepted the name as a kid and never questioned it.

[@SRuffin]

Peter Belanger it’s also called emancipation day and freedom day. Fun facts 🤗

[@startard03]

Didn't hear about June 19 last year or ever before this

[@sirbigpappy]

If you're from another state, it makes sense that you don't know Texas history. Don't feel guilty, blame the education system.

[@jackcassidy9963]

@@sirbigpappy Idk it doesn't feel important enough for the education system to teach it

[@Crow_blaccck]

@@sirbigpappy we celebrate in california too so it's not just a Texas thing.

[@zymir5494]

Jack Napier Um slavery completely ending isn’t important?

[@jackcassidy9963]

@@zymir5494 Nice way to twist what I said

[@Necronomicon66]

"Hi, we're CBS, and we don't believe in volume."

[@1hollig1]

Seriously!

[@bubbathenaslover]

I hear it just fine

[@playerx2006]

oh thought it was me

[@Shelikem52]

Thank you, I thought it was my crappy Android 🤣

[@moepatt4730]

it’s the MAN. trying to keep juneteenth from reaching the masses

[@mjennings2859]

155 years later and and you still have to explain Juneteenth, does anyone truly know why we celebrate July 4. American history is truly lacking.

[@tirsden]

July 4th... some traitors to the British crown wrote a thing that said "we the people made our own club, and by 'people' we mean 'rich white men' just in case anyone misinterprets that later." And no, that wasn't the version that was taught to me 800 billion times during religious nutwing homeschool brainwashing, but it's technically accurate.

[@uhadme]

If America purchased Louisiana from the French.. doesn't that mean they were here first? I don't recall purchasing land from England. idk Spain and China were here pilfering and pillaging the natives too. History is a tad bit askew

[@jojobosslady]

Its because they teach is what we want in school nothing real whole bunch of fake text books

[@help3102]

@@tirsden traitors lol

[@ChillyCChillyC]

Slaves found out they were freed on 4th of July

[@chasejackson7248]

How come no one talked about this until this year.

[@ebonaebanks]

It’s been around, but people just started noticing it with everything going on.

[@sirbigpappy]

Donald trump wanted to do a rally in Oklahoma today on a Texas holiday, and the left blew up. In short, thank big trump.

[@agonleed3841]

a lot of people glossed over things in history. Either it wasn't focused on. Was part of a "fill in the blank" that you can easily forget. OR it's just kids being kids. Getting answers right and moving on. But in my rural school in S.C. within one of the most racist areas that I grew up in the 90s where black football players like myself had to be VERY careful after games because people living in that area were literally attacking us...where most of the teachers were from that area as well..we were taught this. I remembered it..but maybe that's because I'm black vs one of my classmates, who was in the same exact class and grade, and had the same teacher..was there on that full week, claims on facebook that she never heard one thing about it. But..of course..she's white. What reason did she have to remember? And she's not even really racist. A bit ignorant, but she's easily a good person who believes in this era of changing from ignorance. The thing is..there are people who this time just didn't affect. So..what was the point of you remembering?

[@Rockoblocko]

I'm from Texas, also had black friends who celebrated with BBQ and parties. Great time, but little talk about the meaning. Now I am happy that the meaning is becoming mainstream. It is something that all US citizens should celebrate, I don't see why Republicans are so afraid to listen.

[@sirbigpappy]

@@Rockoblocko it was a republican that made it leftist news worthy though?

[@mrawesome3426]

Iv been celebrating Juneteenth my whole life It's my dads birthday

[@2500hd_idk]

That’s nice 🙂

[@dluvv19761]

Happy birthday to your dad. It's my birthday as well

[@slomunch]

Who cares?

[@mrawesome3426]

Steve W obviously not you

[@RyeBreadMedia]

Its my Birthday 6-19-85

[@dlbarnes]

It’s hilarious this date has been around for decades, historians spoke about this date. It goes to show history is not told correctly in schools and why black folks should self educate themselves and their inner circle.

[@cros99]

American schools for the most part not only do not teach about "Juneteenth" but have eliminated much of American History as well as Civics. Many believe it has been a planned effort towards the "Dumbing Down of America". Juneteenth would only serve to remind blacks that it was the Southern Democrats who were the plantation owners and those terrible white Republicans from the North that freed them. Forget Me Not.

[@medafamily7499]

Dwayne Barnes Amen

[@stanleyyelnats1313]

There's a lot of woke or waking up white folks, we need to know the reality as well. I personally am a 50 year old white man that is sick to death of this dumbed-down, whitewashed version of history! The reality has to be taught. God bless! Peace and love from Atlanta.

[@neeper666]

You can't even teach your kids right from wrong. What makes you think you could teach them history?

[@dlbarnes]

Robert Neeper most people can't tell the lies Caucasian do so it would be difficult

[@lady7571]

Im just finding out about Juneteenth but Ask yourself what else don’t we know about our history!!! It a time of education of our history and learning our rights.

[@sirbigpappy]

Real Texans know. Nobody 'cared' until now

[@deebarlow]

Thank you! Take a course in Black History at your local community college! You’d be surprised by the facts you’ll learn!

[@Amarant581]

There is somthing else, the satanist Crowley is the one tha says, to celebrate freedom from the rules of God, and Jack Parson cofounded of NASA, went to that satanist master and integrated the idea... I will reccomend to see, this 2 persons in connection with NASA, and june21 nex fathers day were satanist are going to be marching on the streets, coincidence? I don't think so.

[@JohnSmith-en8vx]

B dub Another fake holiday..like Kwanza.

[@markfoster1520]

Lady I can point out the Memorial Day Tulsa Massacre of 1921....99 years....next Spring THAT will be recognized....I'm sure!

[@lakimburley]

We’ve celebrated Juneteenth forever in Tulsa Oklahoma.

[@Chubby722]

Black Wall Street ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@kristinacarlton5354]

I'm aT-town north side person. I'm thankful the world is waking up!

[@lakimburley]

Kristina Carlton, exactly!

[@LillyLigaya]

I've been lied to and have been denied a proper education since kindergarten.

[@jb6574]

Has anybody heard of juneteenth until now or am I the only one

[@newnewdavis2651]

I have heard of it since social media had gotten popular, but it has never been celebrated until this year!

[@neftalis1thintersectionbau369]

@@newnewdavis2651 actually its celebrated in texas

[@DrSimpleBeauty]

Known it for years. Good that it’s gaining traction

[@tomadams3528]

Y'all know Friday 13th right?! Well this is Friday Juneteenth. Happy Friday Juneteenth brothers and sisters.

[@zymir5494]

Same to you 🙏🏽

[@exxtra71]

Happy Juneteenth to you too. Be blessed 🙏 and stay safe!

[@catnapper7509]

just like friday the 13th. fiction.

[@xboxsspesina8072]

American is about freedom??? but watch what you say and believe in

[@taeteulol7647]

It's OK, the reason you didn't learn about it until 2020 is because juneteenth is just an arbitrary day they picked to say all slaves were free. The people claiming that slaves were all freed this day are wrong. All leaves were freed on Dec 6, 1865 when they passed the 13 amendment and freed the slaves in KY NJ and Delaware. juneteenth is the day that slaves In Texas were informed they were free with the backing of federal troops. But they were already legally free before this.

[@NovaDestructZero]

@@taeteulol7647 So if you were toiling away on a plantation in Texas after a piece of paper was signed, you would consider yourself free? We celebrate it because that's when all of us were truly free from slavery. Every one of us, and no one left behind. Laws are just paper without enforcement. It seems that you have something against us "they". You should probably check that at the door. Slavery was an abomination for this nation and its history. The scars of it belongs to us all.

[@alph8654]

There is only one place where true freedom or liberty rules. "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty." 2 Cor. 3:17

[@joebeastyg5686]

I think this is a damn important holiday that should've been brought into the national spotlight a long time ago because I've never heard about it until just recently. With that being said, I don't think this country could ever do enough to please people. We try and try and people want more and more.

[@world4saker]

yeah but enslaving a whole race for over 200 yrs what do you expect , do thing they will be like yeah we cool our ancestors built this country and were treated less than cattle and beat and killed when we didn't comply

[@joebeastyg5686]

@@world4saker Were you beat? Did I treat anyone like they were less than cattle? Do we base anything on the color of one's skin these days (beside white people)? How long until we can move on from our negative past? Should we look at other countries and see how they're handling their past dealings with slavery? What were you doing 200 years ago?

[@ckez4724]

All of a sudden people care! What a joke

[@ilovefrenchtoast5489]

joe beastyg you really don’t get it, smh

[@ephalanx1]

@@joebeastyg5686 We can move on when others in this country can stop being racist. We still have groups that practice it. Openly. We have monuments up and flags flying that are in tribute to those that championed racism and slavery. You dont seem to want anyone to forget 9/11, but blacks are supposed to forget 400 years of completely inhuman treatment? With no reparations or real compensation for that travesty. Like you'd want to sit down with Al Qaeda and have dinner now because that was the old Al Qaeda they didnt do it, those people died in the attack. No you would expect some level of acknowledgement of remorse or sympathy from that group. Not a be glad we stopped attacking you and just forget about it. That was one day, one attack. Think about 400 years of being treated like a piece of cattle. ID say that was much much worse than 9/11. Blacks asked for equality and that was it. Not revenge and that was hard fought. Even just wanted to do their own thing and were bombed and subjugated - killed and terrorized. This wasn't more than 100 years ago. Less than a generation. The fact that the level of empathy from supposed whites who care is paltry and often just seen as blacks getting over on them or preferential treatment is just ridiculous. And yet ask any white person if they would want to walk in a black persons shoes......they will tell you no 99% of the time because they know things are not fair. Other countries are not the US. And if you do your research those countries either performed serious reparations / reform for those transgressions or they are still at war today. If you want to call giving a person freedom (reluctantly - took a civil war to do it) which inherently by law here in the US is a born right, amends for 400 years of slavery, then you may want to think again. In any case, here in the US we strive to be better than that. We've positioned ourselves as the standard - we ought to act like it.

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

What's the matter CBS you don't like giving it away free is that why we only get 25% audio?

[@ronnie9953]

Don’t know why we celebrating this when slavery was never truly abolished

[@sirbigpappy]

Oh youre one of those guys

[@Matt_Wade]

Joshua Hagen I’m one of “those guys” too.

[@sirbigpappy]

@@Matt_Wade enlighten me then on how 'slavery was never truly abolished'?

[@ronnie9953]

Penal labor in the United States is explicitly allowed by the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

[@ronnie9953]

Sure Baby No I am not talking about mental slavery but that is a form of slavery going on right now what I am talking about is actual slavery

[@Tayisus24]

The salt comments smh

[@jamesjohnson3043]

This should have been being taught to kids in first grade and this should have been a holiday for the last 155 years.

[@anindigomind9424]

Gail... smh "none of us were there but... " unnecessary

[@michaelbaughman2848]

I'm a Yankee...but I grew up knowing about this Holiday. Ok maybe not doing BBQ or parades but I still knew about it.

[@MrSpy13011]

@Jay D Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean its fake news.

[@sirbigpappy]

Its a real thing. Went to many cookouts on juneteenth back home in Texas 🤘

[@MrSpy13011]

@RW7 _ Ikr? Fox News is known for its "factual" information and unbiased opinions. Lmao.

[@Maybe1Someday]

*Tells people we all celebrate this even though no-one has hear of it* "Oh yeah I totally knew about this..." Oh wait who free'd slaves? Oh wait there's still slaves in this world (2020) but none in America? Who sold the slaves?

[@ChicagoMade]

Well we knw Trump won't let it be a national holiday although alot of companies are making it a paid holiday

[@mackenziemartindale2991]

Happy Juneteenth Kings🤴🏾 and Queens👸🏾‼️

[@co.dconfidential5395]

Eww

[@rickystansbury9134]

Absolutely, same to you family.

[@Shifterwizard]

Juneteenth wasn't the end of slavery in the United States, though. Just in Texas. Slavery still existed in border states (which were exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation) and wasn't fully ended until December 6, 1865, with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Juneteenth is a Texas holiday, which is why it's set on the date that TEXAS slavery was ended. Delaware and Kentucky still had slaves at that time.

[@tonysplace9255]

It's not a "holiday". Get your facts straight. It may be an anniversary, but it is NOT a holiday.

[@coe8159]

It’s a holiday now!!! 😃

[@SABDWABDABA1gaming]

Its not a national or federal holiday but 47 out of 50 states celebrate it as a state holiday. there goes your facts right there.

[@gerardparker4220]

It is a holiday in some states. And if more employers give ppl the day off it will be holiday for more ppl that don’t work for those state governments.

[@jmac6202]

So do I get to celebrate when my white ancestors were freed as slaves as well? Or is that racist too?

[@lakimburley]

J Mac slaves or indigent workers? But yes if you chose to celebrate.

[@JT7Blu]

So you don't celebrate 4th of July?

[@jmac6202]

HBK DBS I wasn’t talking about my American ancestors numb nuts

[@CrimsonSurvival]

That doesn’t fit their BS, black, racist, virtue signaling narrative.

[@lalab1071]

Fool

[@PointlessGhost]

The sad thing is that they have never talked about this in the school system, this sounded like a very historical moment and I didnt hear about it until today, I honestly think this should be a national holiday

[@tmilesffl]

That's because it's not the truth.

[@armontimuzic6785]

The most unqualified people talking about this ....

[@crazygirlfun1]

Why

[@crazygirlfun1]

Why

[@PoppycockPrincess100]

Who, in your estimation, would be qualified to talk about this?

[@shlepmessing8703]

“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” ― Jesse Jackson

[@zahraali8161]

I think black poeple come home were they belong and loved cuz no matter how longe u stay another country you never feel home. My wish is all the black people life in Africa and have there own president and life happy ever after ❤❤❤❤

[@1994CPK]

Please write in English

[@kclo5283]

1994CPK English is exactly what they wrote, idiot

[@1994CPK]

@@kclo5283 afro hood speak

[@becksyoung7899]

Funny how the volume on this video of ALL the videos and on ALL the days is set at a 2!! Get it together CBS...smh

[@vanhelsingslayerofslores5865]

That aint no accident

[@lightskin._.baddie0328]

Shawn Horne omg fr

[@lightskin._.baddie0328]

I noticed that too. I thought it was just my phone for a sec but realized they set it to that.

[@libragirl4471]

Omg just turn it up

[@Liar]

Jesse Petrone Nah

[@darcybrummett7004]

I never heard of it until I was looking at the calendar on my iPad.

[@sydneyk3310]

Comment if you're thankful for the Republican Party for freeing the slaves!!

[@agonleed3841]

sure. You're so smart. It's like you FULLY understand history. Not so much the part where republicans and deomcrats were pretty much standing on opposite spectrums back then vs today, right?

[@doxasticc]

@@agonleed3841 don't bother, you're just going to confuse them.

[@3dcrazy332]

@@agonleed3841 - Can we have a history lesson since you FULLY understand it? Please elaborate more on what you are trying to say because it seems to me you have no idea what you are trying to say.

[@Rockoblocko]

And let's thank the Whig party for the Louisiana Purchase. See how dumb that sounds?

[@agonleed3841]

@oscar Did I hurt you? Show me on this doll where I touched you? Was it your "no no" zone?

[@user-mq1up2fw4r]

I learned in history class that the emancipation proclamation didnt actually free slaves? It was the 13th amendment that did so. So why do we hold the EP with such high regard?

[@johnsmith6974]

Shhh you are using logic

[@cindywittig6094]

Be advised that the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Southern States, slavery was still legal in the Northern states-that is why it took the 13th Amendment to pass in 1865 to outlaw all forms of slavery.

[@jessicaalexander19]

😭😭😭😭😭😭 Thank God!!! I’m so glad Juneteenth is being recognized now!! Nike has Juneteenth as a PAID National Holiday 😃😃😄

[@mayyohlah5360]

Bruh thats cool. Nike been doing alot for black community

[@LS-wh9rn]

“None of us were there...” Why Gayle? Why? You mess up the message with that type of nonsense.

[@RealBradMiller]

It's true. I wasn't there either. 🤔

[@rl6282]

My great grandparents were there.

[@RealBradMiller]

@@rl6282 :) ✌

[@yeahidliketosolvethepuzzle222]

I’m in 8th grade and i never knew about this. Children learn about slavery in an average of 3rd grade.The education system is failing us.

[@Bewtiful1126]

It’s good you’ve learned this at a young age. I didn’t learn how much the education system was a lie until I got into college.

[@stonebud5652]

@@Bewtiful1126 yeah, I've known about this for a long time but not from the school. U gotta go out ad research for yourselves to really learn

[@Ewayne2010]

Dumb weeb stfu...

[@benh2156]

Today y'all need to be celebrating the fact that NONE OF US were slaves... except to wages and debt.

[@elvd1296]

Yessir. Let's protest wages and debt

[@benh2156]

​@@elvd1296 Or make businesses pay more? Idk afk Every business needs to be paying people based off of the living wage scale in their city. Also there needs to be a wealth cap. No one needs more than 500 million dollars. 1 Million dollars is saving 40,000$ a year for 25 years. Do the math. #WealthCap

[@elvd1296]

@@benh2156 Capitalist pigs disagree

[@neftalis1thintersectionbau369]

@@elvd1296 r u a socialist or a communist?

[@elvd1296]

@@neftalis1thintersectionbau369 You only gave me 2 options

[@Dr.VonBraun]

I have to admit, I am embarassed. I had no clue about Juneteenth until this week. We as a society really need to do better in educating people on this important day. This really needs to be a Federal Holiday.

[@MattGoings]

Should be a national holiday!

[@rollandcurtis874]

4:04 You don't celebrate it because it hurts and you're embarrassed.

[@Genologic]

“Original sin of this nation” That is the wrong perspective. It was “a sin of the world” that the United States was the first to outlaw. It should be known as a turning point for the whole world, driven by the United States.

[@heidifuqua9205]

Actually England abolished slavery in 1833.

[@playlisthitmaker9913]

Colombia abolished slavery in 1851 and the Uk abolished slavery in 1810

[@caspringer09]

While we weren’t the first country to have slavery, we were a nation that prides itself on freedom and individual rights while simultaneously keeping innocent people in legal bondage. While we should move forward and not keep ourselves shackled to the past, irony is why slavery should be forever known as America’s original sin and not forgotten.

[@deebarlow]

No, United States was not the first to outlaw slavery! As a matter of Britain abolished slavery in 1833, French Colonies in 1848, then United States 1865! But the real question is when was it really enforced?

[@Genologic]

jedicam10 I agree that it should never be forgotten. Meanwhile we have rioters and vandals across the nation taking down Confederate statues. How can we remember it if we erase it from our past?

[@dr.gloriamcdaniel8797]

Our country must deal with our awful history in terms of how Black people have been treated.

[@bnsbear7673]

Can't hear the audio. The topic probably would have been interesting.

[@fancybrooks3156]

All you had to do was hit the microphone icon and raise the volume! How hard is that? Would only take a second!

[@libragirl4471]

That's what you got out of this. Just turn it up damn.

[@jordandontworryaboutit3229]

“None of us were there” that statement is so very true....

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

African Countries: *"Are we a joke to you?"*

[@franciscoreyes656]

When I was young in Texas my school taught me about slavery the struggles but schools don't teach anymore

[@RaZhanBreonna]

This is groundbreaking and also heartbreaking. It’s a first step for African Americans, but so heartbreaking because I can ONLY imagine what other things I don’t know about ourselves that they’ve white washed for years . I’m just finding out about Aunt Jemima 😭🥺

[@NovaDestructZero]

It's ok sister, it's different these days because we are inundated with useless info clouding our most significant historical events. You know now, and forever.

[@whitesoxbob]

I'm 71 yr. old I never ever heard about this before.

[@atxstylist]

Now that Juneteenth has our attention, let’s realize we aren’t free. That modern day slavery is in full affect.

[@atxstylist]

Salt Cube our jail system.

[@atxstylist]

But really we are just gonna focus on the volume not the message

[@fordthaxgod]

How come CBS still haven't switch the audio format?

[@mandoist]

Trump: "A lot of people don't know this..." TRANSLATION: 'I just found out...'

[@Tammabukku742]

Freedom come's, with separation. AMEN

[@ShermVsSociety]

and they still had to wait another 2 years gah damn.. do you guys ever keep your word?

[@rickystansbury9134]

@feminazi hunter As long as you go back to the caucus mountains first, your original home.

[@88crazy8]

feminazi hunter please send me back.. hopefully with my 40 acres haha.

[@thekatephillips]

I know... embarrassing, horrific and unacceptable! I had no idea.

[@rickystansbury9134]

@Sasi Helen Of course your history is everywhere, you included yourselves into every part of the world through domination. But, the Bible says you are decendants of Japeth who was banished to the caucus mountains in Europe or the isle of the gentiles, so I do not think you out date the Creator of all, do you. You focus on you, and we'll focus on us, by the way, I'm watching Robin Diangelo's *White fragility* as you posted your comment. So, I'll get back to that.

[@rickystansbury9134]

@Sasi Helen *Cristobal Colon aka Christopher Columbus* from Spain/Portugal area, see how you changed his true name to sound Caucasian. Of course I'm sure you remember we were here before he got here and you also. Hint, look under those high mounds in Washington. So, why did your people put out the lie that Columbus discovered Amurdikkka? You would have to agree that that lie was perpetrated by you all, correct?

[@samuelb.8951]

Btw Abraham Lincoln was Black. In the books every person who known him described him as Black.

[@TmanRock9]

Yeah and Jackie Chan is really French

[@serenaserena6875]

Happy Juneteenth! I love celebrating this day & teaching my kids about it, but sometimes when life is busy I don't even realize it's here since it isn't on the holiday calendar. I think it would be a great addition to federal holidays and I certainly believe those slaves earned a holiday since they didn't receive ANY salary for their contribution to the GDP.

[@Yugetubes]

I'm finding it weird that most Americans never knew anyone celebrates this day. I'll throw some hotdogs on but I don't think juneteenth is a word, much less a word I'll be using.

[@Yugetubes]

@simone5239 Except no. Most don't.

[@tmilesffl]

I would rather honor the hundreds of thousands of white people who died to free the black people. They are truly the ones who deserve reparations and recognition and the ones who sacrificed.

[@chase6876]

Of course now we talk about this

[@rickyadams218]

Thank you, I didn't kniwnor just didn't pay attention. I fully support making juneteenth a holiday and well deserved. I am glad to now know what it is about.

[@NovaDestructZero]

Thank you for being part of the solution. Meaningful change happens just like this. Critical mass is what we need. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHiXk4WKjbuWetk thelaughbutton.com/check-out-this-story-of-dave-chapelle-teaching-a-heckler-about-racism-back-in-2015

[@tmilesffl]

I will remember history by honoring the hundreds of thousands of white people who dies in the civil war to make black people free. They are the true ones that deserve recognition and their families deserve reparations. They are the ones who lost their homes and farms when the men could no longer care for them.

[@willybegaye2554]

Why did President Obama was in the White House. Make it National holiday.....

[@lakimburley]

Willy Begaye, was he supposed too? Is that a black joke?

[@aewhatever]

Juneteenth? Talk about our illiteracy rate

[@scalandrarussell9619]

It was illegal to educate slaves remember and it's the way that the slaves pronounced it.

[@Zachariah3D]

I had to ax somebody at the libarry. That's how I learnt bout black histy munff too

[@aewhatever]

@@scalandrarussell9619 soooooo over a hundred years later.......?

[@scalandrarussell9619]

@@aewhatever it's no different than using X-mas. If you know about the "holiday" then you know what it means.

[@aewhatever]

@@scalandrarussell9619 that's not even close. If your self esteem wasn't as low as it is you could respect that

[@mikeatl6367]

I have never heard of this holiday and I can bearly hear it now!

[@terrybigler3690]

barely,, not an adverb of bear

[@micks9580]

What a bunch of nonsense CBS.

[@jrc123ful]

Finally a Historical Day of Blacks in America that can not be lumped in the short Month of February.

[@CatopiaCatSanctuary]

I can barely hear it.

[@uhadme]

CBS making old people think they need medical attention. Tricky eh? This been going on for months.. obviously they're doing it on purpose for some reason

[@jokearoundjake2817]

I hear it just fine my volume is 1/4 way up and it’s fine

[@kaibowerman8574]

“The young people are embracing that” The young people: HAHAH HE IS WEARING AIRPODS

[@carolinagoldgirl8706]

What’s wrong with that??? What he is saying is true, he’s acknowledging that he’s no longer in his 20’s but clearly likes the technological gadgets we have. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@recoded2443]

It's my birthday too lmao

[@jimajello1028]

Native American people have never been freed from great injustices. Please also remember them this day. Thank you.

[@karenlombardi1590]

Maybe swap Juneteenth with Columbus Day for a national holiday?

[@Yugetubes]

Why not keep both?

[@matthewgiacobbe3474]

how is this not a national holiday. Thats BS. We gotta end this cover-up NOW! Teach your kids the TRUTH

[@catnapper7509]

yes teach them to be thankful for all that America has GIVEN them, after their ancestors sold them into slavery.

[@meun96rd]

Interesting that my google calendar automatically posted Juneteenth as a holiday but I had to manually enter July 4 th as Independence Day. Huh. I no longer trust any media outlet. Happy Juneteenth.

[@greenspark101]

Had NO IDEA about it and I grew up in Northern California, one of the most liberal accepting places ever. I’m excited to have a great new teaching moment and celebration.

[@jpeg100]

"Original sin of this nation" is a very serious little statement. Let's look back at the original sin of all mankind in the book of Genesis. ALL have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. True liberation is found in the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He has set me free from the power of sin and death!

[@xxx_g3tr3kt_xxx11]

Imagine thinking religion is real in 2020

[@Rich4eternity]

Idk why ppl feel like the need to hate and dislike the video

[@TheOfficialZombieWhisperer]

Don't forget about Native Americans who died too, buffalo soldiers

[@thomasneal7694]

We have the most imprisoned people on earth, but the u.s. is all about freedom. RIP E. Geronimo Pratt

[@nci3898]

Salt Cube the main issue is not total incarceration count, it’s the fact that we also have the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country.

[@thomasneal7694]

Salt Cube it’s the criticism you get you go around the world telling people they’re not doing it right

[@nci3898]

Char Aznable i don’t think anyone disagrees with that. It’s very obvious that the american prison system is for profit and blatantly inhumane. It’s why prison corporations continually fund “tough on crime” policy. The only way they stay afloat is by disproportionate incarceration. There are so many issues with the current prison system that you can write entire books on it. Obviously that’s not something I’ll be able to fully explain over youtube comments... hopefully this makes more sense now as to where I stand on this

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

GOD BLESS THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

[@marcosduran1443]

It's being controlled by the inside!....a sith lord named"Darth sidious" .....join me.... Together we can beat the sith!

[@wolfxreign]

Amazing how people go to school in this country for 12 years and beyond but have never heard of this. I have also not heard if this in the past but it is sad that people were never given this information. I wonder what else we don't know from American history. 🤔 😳 👽

[@tmilesffl]

Because it is not true history. The last slaves were not freed in June as this claims.

[@PureVikingPowers]

*Happy midsummer guys*

[@user-sj4gq7tc6z]

Actually.......Summer technically starts tomorrow, June 20th, with the Solstice, and lasts 3 months. Midsummer is actually in August, when race relations will be made even worse by these hypocritical Lefty Libby Communists.

[@Yugetubes]

Happy war season guys!

[@mrsalwaysrightforever6283]

I’m gonna start celebrating this day I’m about to go on amazon and order some books about it

[@cq2us]

I had honestly never heard of juneteenth before Trump decided to have a Rally on that day.

[@Shifterwizard]

Well, it's specifically a Texas holiday (the US as a whole still had slavery after that date up until December 6th). So not that surprising.

[@sirbigpappy]

Crazy that he wanted the rally in Oklahoma on a Texan holiday and the left blew up about it lol

[@novaeffect5906]

Hiding in the bathroom in the dark just to hear this video 😭😭

[@jsmendo1]

I hope they make it a holiday. I’ll get another day off work

[@larryjohnson1574]

it's not an offical holiday, it wasn't on my schedule today

[@pastrie42]

Your sound is super low. How does a media company this large mess up the sound this badly?

[@mindright9771]

I am amazed that I am hearing about this “Juneteenth” thing for the first time in my life of 62 years. I studied about slavery and about slaves being freed but we were taught to celebrate the independence of ALL Americans on July 4th. So funny how this “celebration” conveniently fits the narrative of the “events” happening in the US today.

[@YahyaYT_10]

You have made a great observation 👏🏾 I agree

[@AngelaSealana]

I'm in my 30s, and I grew up in Texas knowing about Juneteenth. You seem to be very comfortable with sweeping aside the experience of millions of people simply because it does not fit your very limited experience. Fortunately, I have role models your age who have more humility than your comment displays.

[@kingclubsie9635]

CBS, PLEASE fix your audio. I'm baffled by how a company that big can't hire an editor that understands proper audio levels- this is too quiet. And yes, I know we have volume controls, but I'm talking about from a basis point of all audio quality.

[@newkid5465]

And we still haven’t been paid for our suffering 40 acres and a Million dollars to every black family of America

[@Ewayne2010]

I’m black giving us a million each .. you are just throwing trash out your mouth you dumb clown.

[@larryjohnson1574]

a lot of karens are finna dislike this video

[@lawrencekraemer1123]

Is Juneteenth ebonics? It certainly isn't English.

[@tashanicole1242]

The word was too long so it was shortened to juneteenth

[@sittingstill3578]

Lawrence Kraemer It was originally called Jubilee according to Wikipedia.

[@Nick-bs1fc]

The fact there was slavery in America just 155 years ago is terrible everyone should have been free from the beginning of the country

[@jenniferbennett5081]

What a great way to celebrate Juneteenth. I’m glad that the children were excited about the celebration.

[@alexispierce3636]

Anybody that didn't know about this before recent events... That says a lot about you...Js.. Knowledge is always power.

[@MeliMeli66]

I think it's says more about the American society. Who are the people who decide what historical events and people are are important and which/who are not? Who decides the school curriculum? Who are the teachers (mostly middle age white women) who are teaching kids? Why is there intentional amnesia about a people , one of the oldest lines of people in the US , who have been done morally wrong? I look at it as the Matrix some people are waking up and seeing things for what they are. Hope they don't later decide to go back to sleep.

[@minalee1006]

Dang you guys need to get a new sound person!

[@jaybrown3341]

How do you like the content?

[@jaredbednar9667]

Yes it sound more like a day of mourning to me as well

[@619patrickmickey]

Today's my birthday 6/19

[@ginab464]

Happy birthday

[@pinnip4974]

At least you can always say HappyBirthday to you self, Gemini. 🤪

[@619patrickmickey]

@J b ty since I don't drink you will be doing me a huge favor.

[@wheresbigtunez1123]

Shoutout to Mr. Mc Intyre.... boy got taste!

[@minns5515]

:50 Her eyes are amazing

[@elizabethseals2001]

Was anyone able 155 years ago? No? Didn't think so. Those people would be ashamed at the world today.

[@girlonfire00net]

Where was this all 8 yrs of Obama??

[@gerardparker4220]

brian gardner Obama was a white Kenyan immigrant. He probably didn’t know about it.

[@EntirelyObsolete-sm4rn]

And neither did the media

[@lakimburley]

brian gardner I’m sure he knew, he was a highly educated black man in America. They celebrated it in Chicago. I apologize in advance but some white people tend to crash the party when you all find out about thing good. It’s like y’all go all out and try to take over the event and make it about you. Maybe if you all learned how to be all inclusive you would probably learn a lot more. Like the National Black Anthem and lots more. We chose not to invite everyone to our party....some of you don’t share your toys and bully your way in. For instance, showed y’all some diamonds in Africa and look at what y’all did. Told you about our fables and wise tales in Africa and you all colonized it and changed the name to Mary Joseph and Jesus. I could be wrong but nothing seems sacred to the white man but his bloodline and money. Idk hopefully through this process change comes.

[@catnapper7509]

lmfao Obummer could care less about brown folks!

[@NovaDestructZero]

President Obama had press releases addressing June 19th. His address in 2015 coincided with the shooting massacre in Charleston 2 days before. Because you don't know about it, doesn't mean it didn't exists. Can't keep up with it all. It is where you put your time and effort...celebrating the Civil War icons or learning about your fellow man...

[@knunyabeasewhacks8744]

Why not call it June 19th?