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The significance of Juneteenth
ResumeThis weekend is Juneteenth. The holiday, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the day in 1865 when slavery effectively ended in the United States — a full two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
And this is the second Juneteenth since the government declared the day a federal holiday.
Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history at Ohio State University, about the significance of Juneteenth.
This segment aired on June 17, 2022.