Black advocates to use Juneteenth to demand political change ...Middle East

As the nation recognizes Juneteenth this year, leading Black voices plan to use the holiday to call for widespread political changes and protections for Black Americans.    “It’s not lost on any of us in the fight for social justice that this Juneteenth comes at a time when every right we’ve won since the Civil War is under attack,” Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, told The Hill.  Though President Biden declared Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, advocates have spent the last two years warning that civil rights for Black Americans are being washed away in a concerted effort. “We are on the eve of the anniversary of the end of affirmative

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