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Senate Unanimously Approves A Bill To Make Juneteenth A Public Holiday

Juneteenth marks when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum via AP)
Juneteenth marks when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum via AP)

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