June 3, 2011
Rev. Ronald Myers encouraged state and national leaders to promote reconciliation in observation of Juneteenth.
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Advocates Call for National Juneteenth Holiday
Residents gathered in the Tougaloo community this morning to push Congress to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1865.
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