With little basic needs support, for example, tens of thousands of that first generation of the newly freed slaves succumbed to illness and starvation.
Chad Dion Lassiter, Executive Director Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, speaks during a panel discussion at a Summit on Policing at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Harrisburg, Pa., May 10, 2023. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com“Juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slavery and subjugation, and a promise of a brighter morning to come.” With those words, President Joe Biden reminded the nation of this transformative moment when he made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021.
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