What is Juneteenth? History behind holiday celebrating the end of slavery

For many black Americans, Juneteenth is a celebration to commemorate the end of slavery. For many white Americans, recent protests over police brutality have driven their awareness of Juneteenth's significance. abc7ne.ws/3dhFDry
But June 19, 1865, is a day that black Americans should never forget, said Dr. Molefi Asante, chair of the Department of African American Studies at Temple University. "It is relevant in 2020, and I am hoping that in 3020 it is still relevant," he said.
So what exactly is Juneteenth and how is it celebrated? Here's an explanation.
#Juneteenth #raceinamerica #blackhistory

[@_souldier]

my Left Ear enjoyed This

[@pfschuyler]

Not a coincidence!

[@eddiedean9886]

How original

[@wahaywgr]

Lol!!!

[@autogrxph09]

My right ear sure does love the music

[@aarone1777]

😊

[@SatansSimgma]

These comments are hilarious. "This holiday was never taught in school" "why am I just hearing about this?" All of these videos appear 1 year ago for a reason.

[@denaalabama-girl8242]

President Abraham Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War. Freedom for the South's slaves, however only came with the end of the conflict, April 1865. The joyous news reached Negro slaves in this area in May. Since that time, May 28th has been established as a community holiday to commemorate a day of freedom, attracting celebrants from all over the nation. "Thank God we are in His care" WE ALAWAYS CELEBRATED FOR DECADES IN MAY , FREEDOM OF SLAVES WAS NOT A JOKE BUT A BIG CELEBRATION

[@SatansSimgma]

@@denaalabama-girl8242 juneteenth is not a thing.

[@denaalabama-girl8242]

@@SatansSimgma for my family we have been celebrating freedom of slaves before I was born and my family since Freedom. Our family just celebrated in May . It's more important to us than the 4th of July. I grew up knowing my history. America schools don't teach all of America history. My parents and grandparents taught me our people history. For example, Jack Daniel was created by a slave name Nathaniel. There were many slaves inventions that their owners took credit for look it up.

[@alexk1682]

Thank you. All these comments all saying the same thing after seeing a video and taking it as fact.

[@arkitekbeatzify]

Juneteenth does not represent the end of slavery in America, as it is often erroneously reported. It specifically notes the end of slavery in Texas. Slavery continued to thrive in several border states that were not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation. Delaware was the last to free its nearly 2,000 slaves on Dec. 6, 1865, six months after Texas.

[@denaalabama-girl8242]

President Abraham Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War. Freedom for the South's slaves, however only came with the end of the conflict, April 1865. The joyous news reached Negro slaves in this area in May. Since that time, May 28th has been established as a community holiday to commemorate a day of freedom, attracting celebrants from all over the nation. "Thank God we are in His care" WE ALWAYS CELEBRATED IN MAY AND WILL ALWAYS

[@epic6434]

You all snuck it in by us of course, black people went on a distraction campaign rioting, looting, and destroying other people's property as usual and you had the role of leadership to steal from the indigenous people of America is all your doing and the abandon house claim ? Retire were ever you want? Oppression of our education and your leader MLK pleaded for the promises of the nation to be for all men and women? That's a contradiction when you've deliberately held away those beliefs from your hosts, you planted bogus historical propaganda into our lives to achieve your global dominance of guilt tripping around the world with a let me in your on camera? You all are seriously deranged , responsibility is not in you please leave..

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

It probably never should have been a federal holiday but...hey..."Feelings" or something.

[@trashcanman1317]

@Raymond Gadreault Brutal

[@billyevans4929]

This should have never became a federal holiday. It was only to appease the woke side

[@PattyViviendo]

So many effin racist Caucasians in the comments 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@zacktam]

why do you assume people commenting are caucasian? i guarantee you they all aren't. if you think that, you're the racist...really.

[@scrubara]

Ok racist

[@jwill9237]

@@zacktam I'm muslim and disagree with this garbage video clip

[@hellokittycafe2790]

Becuz they want it to be about them! It’s also the conservatives that are doing the most!

[@jwill9237]

@@hellokittycafe2790 what do you mean?

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I don't see why people are dislike a video about ending slavery.

[@stevengarza9164]

General Kenobi

[@clawsewitz4316]

This is being done to cause riots. These people just wants to create havoc. They are only, purposesly trying to create tension

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

I think you answered your own question there.

[@AutisticJordan]

@@clawsewitz4316 We been celebrating Juneteenth since late 1800s.

[@valedah76]

Because they have to deal with the unfavorable look of their ancestors that they don't talk about!!!

[@totallynotamber9304]

The funny thing is i knew nothing about Juneteenth Being on my bday,Today i just figured that I had a national holiday as a birthday!I definitely want to learn more about this because i Have always wanted a holiday as a bday and my wish came true!

[@gabriandickson2554]

The audio is poorly distributed, the person talking comes in entirely on the left side of headphones while everything else is entirely through the right side.

[@mrwhite8444]

I'm 63 and never heard of it

[@Jay-mp4hg]

That’s goods for you.

[@MASTROINTHETUNNEL]

Wake up!

[@alanai1981]

THATS HOW I KNOW YOU ARE WHITE

[@RedLion502]

Now you have

[@randomshizz7556]

A wise man once said nothing!

[@Mondo_0ne]

If this has been a celebrated holiday why am I only hearing about it now at 36 yrs old??? Social studies and American history were my favorite classes in school and I don't remember hearing about this "Juneteenth" much less celebrating it... Further more my son's birthday is June 19 and every year the last passed 12 years I've checked a calendar to see what day it falls on and barely till 2021 have I seen it marked on my phone's calendar as a "holiday"... This seems like a lazy way to mark a historical date.

[@terrydaniell2409]

The public schools do not teach facts so dont be supprise

[@ethananimations6217]

My birth day is on june 19th so that's going to be something

[@omikredarhcs8221]

I'm 70 and everything I was taught in school was a lie.

[@andoriannationalist3738]

@WulfgarHamza not only that, never mentioned is White slavery that built the US. Look up Vertigo Politics on YT. They do a great short video on Irish slaves in the west, NOT indentured servants, slaves, and how White people today are due everything we have. Our ancestors for generations paid with their blood, sweat and tears. We owe others nothing. Juneteenth is a rewrite of history by anti White Marxists trying to justify White genocide, outright theft.

[@grey1735]

@@terrydaniell2409 Just because a portion of global history in regards to global slavery wasn't talked about in any school, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The Internet is the biggest reference material source known to humanity.

[@poultrypants]

What happened to the audio balance? The voice is 100% on the left.

[@biancasmith463]

Something is off with that date smh

[@Rose_Krew]

YAY! THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY!

[@curte7739]

I think Juneteenth started out with good intentions but it's turned into a holiday that's all about entitlement which is not what it was originally intended.

[@ShaftCommander]

Thank you!

[@alexk1682]

It only creates separation

[@Christian_princess29]

I’m black and I approve if this message lol. I think it’s a useless day, I was fine before it and nothing has changed because of it! Just another day for us Americans to close down business and be lazy and not work! Thai would’ve been great if it was during school time tho😂

[@kafilkavich707]

I think Juneteenth should be about how we are all still slaves to this system! Slavery has never ended lol

[@ShaftCommander]

@@kafilkavich707 alright, little Johnny. Drink your juice and watch that time spent on those forums.

[@magistar2243]

lmao the chanting in the back.

[@armenfrundzhyan4572]

What year did they pass the holiday Juneteenth?

[@tangieharper6525]

This does nothing for black people just another holiday to say they did something for us. We deserve so much more than this. Why is it that other races get more than black people. We need to start voting for people who are going to do and not just say what their going to do. We need to stop voting for these people that sit in WASHINGTON that talk a good game but never play a good game. Even our local candidates need to change. I am tired of the same people speaking and not doing. IT TIME FOR A NEW CHANGE IN WASHINGTON AND LOCAL STATES!!!

[@elbob17]

Oh shut up. Everyone has had it with this constant whining. You're a small minority in the US but you're running the show because everyone is afraid to say anything. Pay attention.

[@12Nordsee]

There is a whole month for Black history as far as I know. German Americans were the largest immigration group in numbers, and they don't have a holiday at all.

[@haxzaw8550]

What changes do you want? Nobody is gonna fix the ghetto you can’t just throw a bunch of money at a slum and expect them to manage it well they are going to spend it on nice stuff until they run out of money. I assume that’s what you mean reparations or something. The solution is imbedded within these communities themselves it’s a group or collective problem regardless of the history we have to fix how we are now to do anything.

[@aligrat5359]

@@12Nordsee why would there be a holiday for immigration

[@TheZombieSaints]

Ty, you've taught an Australian something new. I had heard the term "juneteenth", and thought "I wonder what that's all about?" now I know 👍cheers again

[@MrJbuzz19]

It’s a day of celebration with the looting and vandalizing of a McDonald’s in Los Angeles, with a mass shooting in Illinois, of illegally riding dirt bikes and quads in the street and of jumping up and down on cars! That’s what it is!

[@Tah-.]

So uhhhhh, I think you got some stuff wrong and may want to research a bit more

[@MsNdrstd1]

Right, but that was supposed to be the last official notification, the state of Texas. This Delaware information is new to me.

[@williamwinder5011]

March 16th, 1995. Mississippi formally ratified the 13th amendment. Texas isn't the issue.

[@WestExplainsBest]

98% of the states recognize Juneteenth - only S. Dakota has not.

[@nealedmondson3191]

Then I'm moving to south dakota

[@denaalabama-girl8242]

@@nealedmondson3191 Bye just like I don't celebrate 4th of July. I understand

[@denaalabama-girl8242]

I don't celebrate the 4th of July

[@nealedmondson3191]

@@denaalabama-girl8242 no one cares if you don't celebrate 4th of july.

[@denaalabama-girl8242]

@@nealedmondson3191 no one's cares about what you think about my ancestors freedom and America black history

[@bvilletx5351]

I can't hear with the drums going off 🙄

[@Anthony-zw1qb]

Can I have a holiday that celebrates that I’m taxed at 35% so people that don’t work can get free stuff ?

[@dontetidwell4867]

Did you see the floating chicken 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@notimetowaste1254]

I've never ever heard of this nor of black wall street up until recently. Why?

[@andoriannationalist3738]

Imagine if whiye people started a holiday in which we used a raised white fist as the symbol?

[@Luvurs24]

Because School’s don’t want to teach it.The black community has always celebrated this.If you look it up on KZbin there’s parades and festivals for this.Its just now getting Recognization :)

[@notimetowaste1254]

@@Luvurs24 ok

[@dingotookmybaby1204]

@@andoriannationalist3738 That’s all we can do is imagine. Anything else is cancelled by todays “culture”

[@dingotookmybaby1204]

Why? Don’t be naive………………… Timing of this and many other “events” are not coincidental. There IS an agenda attached to this.

[@drennonkeller7262]

Nobody mentions the people from the ( UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ) who helped slaves escape

[@ronaldpinson2236]

Spades…watermelon…dominoes…chicken…what’s going on? 😅🤣

[@skylermyers4486]

Sharing this history is important. But equally important is having facts correct. The video states that the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was passed in 1863, this is not correct. The 13th was passed by the Senate in 1864, passed by the House of Representatives in early 1865 and then ratified that same year.

[@mrs.aningo4128]

For most states other than Texas it may have been celebrated, but known as something else. My family in Wisconsin celebrated Emancipation Day/Jubilee and people in Wisconsin have been celebrating since 1886. Some states in the US actually emancipated enslaved people long before the Emancipation Proclamation was signed so dates vary and the names used differ (Jubilee/Emancipation Day). Pennsylvania and New York, freed enslaved people gradually in the late 1700s so the holiday is not new and did not begin with Texas and sadly Texas was not the last state to free enslaved people in the US. Now most people will call it Juneteenth.

[@dorthymcbride3384]

Of the slave owners who went against the freedom act than tell me why these slave owners were not convicted and sent to jail!! Unfairness has permeated throughout our nation! Evil permeates now! Stop

[@Archangel-mp4hb]

Juneteenth very big holiday. I remember in the 1970s watching all the parades and listening to all the music. Very big holiday

[@mauser8087]

Morgan Freeman: "Black History is American History" Mike Wallace: How are we going to get rid of Racism? Morgan Freeman: Stop talking about it.

[@adamasalawan971]

Careful. You just might get what you wish for.

[@elbob17]

Tell the Blacks that. They seem to always want to do their own thing. We're supposed to be living in a society.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

@@elbob17 full time victims with Democrat enablers

[@SOULAANI_]

​@@elbob17 tell white people to stop deliberately destroying black communities. If there was no racism no one would talk about it, that simple

[@sorbicsagor5080]

Of note several native tribes continued to hold slaves after this. The last official slaves in the US were held by the Choctaw tribe which had also fought on the side of the Confederates. The tribe ended it nearly a year after Juneteenth when the US government paid the natives 5 million dollars to release their slaves as part of a new treaty. Happy to hear those originally celebrating it also honored the emancipation proclamation as it was a major milestone towards ending slavery. Of course today it's being exploited by the left for political gain but we shouldn't let that take anything away from our brothers and sisters of African decent who celebrate it.

[@deltabot6550]

'The Left' lol. If only you people actually knew what things meant and didn't just believe everything your thought leaders tell you.

[@sorbicsagor5080]

"BOT" sums up your comment nicely.

[@deltabot6550]

@@sorbicsagor5080 at least I know what ‘the left’ is.

[@jameslmccauleyjr7334]

This is just wrong. The Emancipation Proclamation applied only to states in rebellion and only where union soldiers could enforce it, since the proclamation was unconstitutional until the passage of the 13th Amendment in December of 1865. The Proclamation didn't take effect until Jan 1863. The ending of the war in April of 1865, enabled the Union to enforce by arms the end of slavery except in Texas and Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. Arrival of Union troops in Texas in June of 1865 enforced the end of slavery there. It wasn't until July of 1866, when the US government negotiated a new treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations that slavery ended in those lands. As for the official constitutional end of slavery, that occurred when the 13th Amendment was ratified in December of 1865. So, to fixate on June 19th as a national celebration makes no sense. As a Texas celebration, it makes sense. So what do we make of the dates of Jan 1863, April 1865 and December of 1865?

[@dangeroreilly2028]

Although slavery is a stain on our nation's history, celebrating the Union's actions to free Texas slaves is worth celebrating. Hooray for the Republic!

[@stevenjohnson1878]

Juneteenth is NOT the celebration of the end of slavery in the Americas - that's what Emancipation Day is for.

[@JetADR]

The 13 amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18. The Civil War April 1865 so for the word to get out by June isn't that long really considering technology of the time.

[@dingotookmybaby1204]

Pony express could get a messages from St. Louis to San Francisco in 10 days. Samuel Morse established international code for telegraph in 1861. Only seconds to transmit messages across country. This information took 2 years and 3 months to get to Texas

[@aCycloneSteve]

@@dingotookmybaby1204 Texas was not under the jurisdiction of the US government until April of 1865. A letter from the president of another country doesn't hold any standing.

[@MegaStephen68]

Juneteenth is slaves in Texas being informed of the Emancipation Proclamation and not the 13th Amendment. It also had nothing to do with ending slavery in the United States, slavery in the United States, in the states of Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, & West Virginia, was still going on for nearly 6 months after slaves in Texas were told they were free and I think Maryland also had slaves that hold time.

[@Musiclover-bg2nn]

@@aCycloneSteve Correct- The confederacy was its own country.

[@timothykramer2551]

That is called segregation we all live under God not black and white

[@paulbennis5669]

I got 34 seconds in and turned it off because dates were wrong about 13th Amendment which ended slavery, off by two years. Juneteenth is cool but lets get the facts straight.

[@terrydaniell2409]

There is nothing cool about continuously catering to these people. They already have a holiday( mlk) and a whole month. This is total nonsense and should not happen. They will only keep going until they camdestroy our country

[@celinasjourney]

@@terrydaniell2409 no one cares that your bigot feelings are getting hurt honestly.

[@terrydaniell2409]

@@celinasjourney And there it is. Race card..... Im not a racist or a biggit im just tired of you people complaining that your oppressed and cant get ahead because of other people. Guess what? its no one fault but your own so stop expecting us to keep bending over and catering to you because your too sorry to be an adult and take responsibility for your self. But because im white im racist and a biggot for calling it like it is. Call me what you want i dont care, but for me to have to listen to this nonsense im tired of it and so is over half the us. And the bad part is your blind to the real issues and your only making things worse not only for yourself but for everyone all because your not happy enough living off of hand outs.

[@jwill9237]

@@terrydaniell2409 I agree...you give them a piece of the pie and then they'll push for the whole pie.

[@shadowprophet4082]

I mean Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, yet people still celebrate Christmas on December 25th.

[@clawsewitz4316]

Blackmail matters

[@smithyman33]

How many more black holidays will we have in 10 years?

[@ajmari9585]

It's only a "black holiday" if you see it that way and get offended by everything. From what this video said and everything I've learned about Juneteenth it basically is a celebration for the end of the Civil War, pretty significant moment in the U.S. in my opinion.

[@scoobymc3375]

@@ajmari9585 It's a celebration for African Americans, it's not celebrating end of civil war. They could care less about the whites along with the blks that lost their lives.

[@dingotookmybaby1204]

National Twerk Day

[@rocketpencil5948]

Well white people had black slaves for centuries so I guess that's how long

[@hellokittycafe2790]

When white people stop complaining!

[@eddieboggs8306]

We could do without the clenched fist. It comes from Socialism/communism.

[@ryanw1433]

My first reaction was that it represented Unity, but since it's been used by almost every political movement, I guess it's effectively one of those "Psych Test" things where what you read into it reveals more about yourself than it does the actual symbol.

[@eddieboggs8306]

@@ryanw1433 What about the Confederate Flag? Many say history and heritage.

[@eddieboggs8306]

@@ryanw1433 Double Standard.

[@ryanw1433]

@@eddieboggs8306 Which one? There were three official flags, but sub variants within those. It would be hard to opine in general without a more specific question.

[@eddieboggs8306]

@@ryanw1433 The stars and cross causing so much controversy now. Don't overthink things if you don't know how to answer a simple statement. Unless you've lived under a rock you know which I meant

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

Happy Jiveteenth!

[@samglinsmann]

The 13th amendment wasn't passed until 1865... no 1863 (wasn't ratified until AFTER Juneteenth)

[@user-ne1zo5zz3w]

Doesn't need to be a Nation Holiday!

[@phyllisyovone1685]

19 June was the Celebration in Texas, only. No other state, celebrated this day, And maybe people who left Texas and went to other states! So if you know it was June 19, why did you celebrate June 20 2022!

[@marireynolds3996]

Working on Minneapolis Minnesota to be the next all American city 😂

[@marireynolds3996]

Making Chicago Illinois a all American city 😂

[@TheBeLuvdTRex]

Why they gotta show chicken and watermelon as the foods that they ate? -___-

[@Republic4ever714]

Slavery never ended it just changed tactics.

[@timothypopik2288]

No better time to recognize and honor America's great leaders like Abraham Lincoln, and God bless the USA!!!

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Leftists honored Juneteenth with a giant, twenty-five foot hair-pick unfortunately.

[@inkmasterkeer2245]

It is weird to say June 19 is my bday? 😅

[@robertlouisburns]

3:04 Could you imagine the outrage if there was a white fist in the air?

[@MASTROINTHETUNNEL]

You're serious right, you guys just dress up in pointy hats, wear hoods, and hang people, imagine the outrage?

[@marireynolds3996]

A long long time ago.

[@jrc7045]

Never heard of it till now. Looks like hitler fists

[@valedah76]

The fact that this is new to you, and your ignorant reference to Hitler shows why you shouldn't speak!!

[@interstellarsunset2951]

@@valedah76 This world is screwed sadly. Good luck to all minorities rough years are ahead of us.

[@leeybarra1007]

The watermelon festival is held in chipley Florida on Juneteenth and chicken sales are up isn’t that ironic

[@4xprops457]

Thank you! Republicans!

[@JulioDagulio]

Republicans didn’t make it

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@JulioDagulio They did, but the implications they’re implying are false because the GOP was the more progressive party until the 60s/70s

[@AFR0MAMBA]

yup, it is basically a Republican holiday. if you ask young people what party Lincoln belonged to, 95% of them will probably say democrat smh...

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@AFR0MAMBA If you’re ignorant of history, it’s a reasonable assumption to make, as Lincoln’s GOP was the more progressive party of the time

[@AFR0MAMBA]

@@EnigmaticLucas you think today’s democrat party is “progressive” ??

[@byrnc927]

We should all celebrate Junteenth! It is a celebration of the "Abolishment of Slavery by the Republicans."

[@byrnc927]

@justanolfrend8050 Only one half of the government wanted to abolish Slavery. Thank God for Lincoln.

[@Fuh-Qu]

Happy 🏳️‍🌈 (LGBTQ) Juneteenth

[@adidabax6809]

The 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865, not 1863. Your entire video is wrong.

[@jared19882]

I use the holiday to reflect what life would be like if the south won, mourn the confederates (democrats) that died fighting for their beliefs, and look at how much of a joke their culture has become since then.

[@chewy6942]

Everyone forgets that slavery has been around since time began especially in Africa on this very day...

[@THemJErKmUnkssINC]

Okay AND ? Yes slavery was always there, still doesn’t make it right !

[@valedah76]

Not the kinda of slavery that my ancestors endured here in America!!!

[@Woozler554]

@dan james How are the laws unjust? Because you were caught?

[@bmblafamilia7761]

@@Woozler554 nah because their are notable advantages of the justice system that favored White ppl, ex. crack vs coke in the 1980's., vagrancy laws of Jim Crow era. it's the internet this is all public information

[@tharunbala7783]

@@bmblafamilia7761 yea 1980s, have any examples currently

[@funtogether9580]

It's a disgusting waste of time, how can you overstate how stupid someone is who buys into this garbage..

[@marireynolds3996]

We sure have come a long ways haven’t we 😂

[@daveolep7657]

June teenth is a day were the law was enforced in Texas. So now homesexual have their own holyday also . 2 men going at from behind and changing the word phedophilia is called now attracted to young people.

[@travelingonto8841]

all just to have pay of earned wages further held away by arbitrary delay not free truly if not legally free to choose daily pay of earned wages?

[@travelingonto8841]

at least the let in illegals get their pockets filled daily under the daily ...or pre-loaded debit cards for not working ever in the land of the "free"? and home of the "slaved" arbitrarily?

[@rolandmoreno3526]

Bs garage to have more days off for government workers. We are not free working for the government everyday. Taxpayers

[@user-ry4dy7qj1m]

you use this day to show black power signs ,,it's no wonder some people won't join you !

[@michaelargenta3856]

Did they just misspell june 10 ???

[@bobs5981]

Is it like Kwanza?

[@billyshears921]

Here we go again....

[@sabrinanbelle]

I’m not celebrating Juneteenth. I was born free....39 years ago. 🙄 My family didn’t come from Texas...we were never slaves, we owned land as far back as 1700’s in Georgia & Alabama. We didn’t come from Africa. We are from this land. I understand Texans celebrating the holiday....but all black people didn’t come from the same tribe or continent. I have nothing against those who desire to celebrate their freedom from slavery. I’m not. I’m not giving credit to the govt. my natural born freedom always existed.

[@vanillawafer1182]

Good for you. My ancestors were slaves and I'm grateful to be free today.

[@gram01]

All blacks in 1700s were slaves and we are their descendants...your mind is twisted..my grandma said her grandparents we're slaves

[@gram01]

@@vanillawafer1182 if your ancestors aren't from Africa where they from China 😂....blacks been coming here since the 1600s

[@vanillawafer1182]

@@gram01 I never said they weren't from Africa...

[@melsher4301]

What? And all this time I thought the Emancipation Proclamation marked the end of slavery. Oops!!!!

[@flenoysentertainment8506]

December 181865

[@timothykramer2551]

This is a joke

[@__ButterScotch__]

What's a joke?

[@bongwaterstain]

what’s so funny about it?

[@vanillawafer1182]

I guess the 4th of July is a joke too

[@jennifermack5804]

Why not give a to ALL the Indians??? They were the first to not treated good, why don't they have a day also?

[@scoobymc3375]

Because they don't need their votes. It's sickening! Indians been suffering for a long time.

[@jennifermack5804]

@@scoobymc3375 yes they have, my husband's ancestry is Native American

[@scoobymc3375]

@@jennifermack5804 I have a full blooded Indian in my family but it seems it's not enough Native Americans in USA for votes. Biden just uses races for votes. I wish this evil would leave our country, evil is spreading everywhere and I don't see happy people much anymore, all anger and evil. Awful!

[@jennifermack5804]

@@scoobymc3375 I understand completely, seems like as soon as he took office the whole world turned on end. It makes me feel like I'm living in the twilight zone. Good is evil and evil is good now. Everyone seem to have lost there minds.

[@luckylunaloops]

I think 'Juneteenth' is a stupid name. I'd prefer 'Abolition Day' or 'Freedom Day' or something like that so it properly honors the occasion. Juneteenth sounds dumb and ignorant.

[@ryanw1433]

It has a long historical precedent - I'm happy to stick with the traditional name and every single U.S. Senator, Republican and Democrat, supported the traditional name as well by enacting the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in 2021.

[@ryanw1433]

Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden supported the traditional name as well. In fact, President Trump's 2020 campaign platform stated: Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

[@markcreemore4915]

It should commemorate the 365,000 white, mostly very young, Union soldiers that died so that black slaves could be free. 'Cause blacks sure didn't free themselves. A holiday in which blacks show gratitude and humility instead of smoldering resentment and a limitless sense of entitlement would greatly improve their collective character.

[@Musiclover-bg2nn]

Good Point. I do not understand why these dates in history still want to fuel animosity and anger? At this juncture, isn't it better to be aware of the costs of everyone's lives to insure blacks were freed?

[@trellredball]

@@Musiclover-bg2nn I believe its the media who divide us. I also agree with Mark Creemore that everyone who was part of this history should be mentioned and honored.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

0:34 Union soldiers

[@MASTROINTHETUNNEL]

Wow, they did fight, perhaps learn some history before garbage spews forth from that hole in your face

[@RustyX2010]

So What happens to Father's Day?

[@trellredball]

Nothing🥴It will remain every 3rd Sunday in June. Both events just happen to fall on the same day. Next year, June 19 is on a Monday and will continue to switch days unlike Fathers day. Dont let your emotions overtake common sense.

[@michellegreen6930]

The ignorance displayed by many of the comments here is astounding. Juneteenth wasn't celebrated openly for years because of Jim Crow laws and the harassment Black people experienced when attempting to assemble to celebrate this memorable occasion. The vitriol in the comments here explains why people are not knowledgeable about the significance of Juneteenth to African-American people. You can only learn if you are interested in learning. If you are interested in holding on to what you already know, you are choosing now to grow in your understanding.

[@DEV3N87]

"Thanks alot Dixiecrats"

[@9ZERO6]

Right. So when I was growing up in the 70's in urban central Ohio and going to public schools, my african american classmates (and thier parents) were afraid to celebrate this? Wow. I never knew how much they struggled as we lived next door to each other. Sounds like coat tail riding victimhood to me. Today's african americans have little in common with their brave ancestors who actually made a difference.

[@elbob17]

Thanks for the history lesson that you googled.

[@billyevans4929]

But did it really need to be a federal holiday? Why shove down wokism into the American people?

[@ryanw1433]

Michelle - institutional ignorance also explains why I didn't learn about the Greenwood Massacre in history classes. I was shocked when I saw it portrayed in a television show and immediately thought it was a highly imaginative work of fiction....many Google searches later, I was ashamed that such an important event was suppressed from our national memory for so long.

[@SOULFORESAKER]

This has nothing to do with George Floyd or Companies. Oh, this was made by ABC news? ... Now I see...

[@MASTROINTHETUNNEL]

Let's chat about the cop who killed him huh, what was his name? You think he's having a fine time in prision for murder?

[@StuckInOhio10]

lol the fist is major cringe

[@richardpetrey2010]

So if this was the end of slavery, how come it can’t be forgotten about like it everything else???????? Everyone seems to want to forget or cancel everything these days, why not add this to the list???????? One less thing to be bothered with.

[@richardpetrey2010]

@Junie Bob If the country is “systematically oppressive”, how come there’s been a BLACK president and presently there’s a BLACK vice president. I don’t believe that would have happened in an oppressive country. Black peoples can have all the opportunities as any other race.

[@aarone1777]

So useing your angry logic; let's forget all this type of stuff; like... I don't know; the Alamo?

[@vulpsturm]

Because it was a holiday in ONE state. Also, people don't understand the ENTIRE Juneteeth proclamation includes language like banning welfare.

[@johnnypools6971]

@Junie Bob Yes I ve noticed all the oppressed millionaire athletes and politicians in this country. Its horrible Something needs to be done. Happy Juneteenth

[@DEV3N87]

@Junie Bob no, they arent.

[@miscprojects9662]

Wow the celebration of mediocrity knows no bounds.

[@ruthlarkins4367]

THIS IS MOST POWERFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME THAT IS BEING PLAYED...if YOU THINK THESE PPL GIVE A DAMM ABOUT YOU THEN I FEEL ABSOLUTELY SORRY FOR YOU!!! Mind control 101. I can say, this CORRUPTIVE system has MANY OF THE IGNORANT FOOL WITH THIS NONSENSE, however NOT to the AWAKENING few. LAST, they KNOW It, it SAD 😞 THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW THEY ‘SELF’!!!!

[@soulepitomealfa1836]

All I see is division what a dream

[@unit586]

Juneteenth…. What a joke

[@healthandwellness6312]

Never learn about this in school but I surely don’t need a holiday to learn about black history 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@margielarage]

What in the racist lmao

[@darensamuel4490]

Just read the bible that's your"black"history..

[@darensamuel4490]

@Raymond Gadreault I know that why you think I put quotation marks on both sides of the word.

[@AlterEagleProduction]

So where's the Juneteenth news stories before Trump called attention it?

[@bumberClart1000]

Rock Against Racism 💚✊️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWSXk6Kug9ekgpo

[@Mas3452001]

Summary : A holiday where we celebrate how Republicans gave people rights they should’ve always had in the first place. =) PS : Take note how Texas, a reliably red state, has had this holiday for decades before blue states decided it was politically advantageous to promote it & ironically appropriate it.

[@richmrstonestone]

Complain either way huh? Typical. This is why media is going to be extra rude and obnoxious. Social Justice woke complainers and virtue signals. Calm down . Lol

[@ShaftCommander]

All black people do is complain, and yet somehow…they get their way.

[@juliemathis1065]

No. It’s a holiday that celebrates how Republicans/Christians fought, and died to free the slaves. Fought against Democrats. Every last Democrat succeeded from the union and joined the Confederacy. Save 1. Abraham Lincoln‘s Vice President Andrew Johnson. They got the colors backwards on the map. Our modern day media....

[@billyevans4929]

Because this happened in Texas, slaves were already free in other states

[@ryanw1433]

Every single state, red and blue, recognizes or observes this holiday. About half of the states now recognize it as a paid public holiday and these are a mix of red and blue states, northern, southern, eastern, western states.

[@rtfreina9567]

Freedom to do good or freedom to do evil? What do freedom have to do with graffiti and the vandalism that they are accustomed to every time they celebrate that date? People are closing the places where they work in their businesses, not to celebrate but because they know they are in danger because of the way they are used to celebrating that date in the streets. ¿Libertad para hacer el bien o libertad para hacer el mal? ¿Qué tiene que ver la libertad con el grafiti y el vandalismo al que están acostumbrados cada vez que celebran esa fecha? La gente está cerrando los lugares donde trabajan en sus negocios, no para celebrar sino porque saben que corren peligro por la forma en que acostumbran celebrar esa fecha en las calles.

[@VomitPukey]

2:40 💀

[@tbone9603]

Swap Juneteenth out with MLK holiday.

[@clawsewitz4316]

Ya, MLK used whores and shot up, all while calling himself a preacher?

[@myprivacy998]

You know you don't have to celebrate either right

[@prlopez6134]

Sorry I never learn about June 19 in American History so why celebrate it

[@myprivacy998]

You don't have to

[@prlopez6134]

@@myprivacy998 I’ll pt this holiday along with other holiday I don’t celebrate Kwanzaa andHanukkah

[@tunglai7174]

Die Hellebore mit den überzeugendsten grünen Blüten ist H. foetidus

[@darkelfdiva4681]

What is Juneteenth? OMG really how to get you to keep living in the past and always see yourself as a victim so you cant move forward in your life. Its not a good thing