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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2021 · 12 MIN

The history of Juneteenth and the long road to make it a national holiday

from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy

Juneteenth is Saturday. And depending where you are and what your life experience has been, it's either a day you've always celebrated, or you might not even know what it is and why it's important. It's an incredibly important date in United States history and African American history, and it's celebrated annually on June 19th. Dr. Nafeesa Muhammad, Professor of History at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania tells the story of Juneteenth, why it's celebrated in the United States and why it's taken so long to be recognized as a national holiday.

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