By Jasmine Browley ·Updated June 10, 2022
President Biden signed legislation in 2021 that declared Juneteenth, June 19, a federal holiday, following the global outcry from George Floyd and Breonna Taylor‘s murders at the hands of white policemen.
Since then, more people have wanted to know about where the holiday stems from, and how its echoes show up in present-day life for many Black Americans.
Juneteenth is defined as a holiday that
