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US makes Juneteenth, marking end of slavery, a federal holiday
The United States on Thursday designated Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the country, as a federal holiday, with President Joe Biden urging Americans “to learn from our history.” Most US states recognize Juneteenth as a holiday or commemorate the day, but the bill made June 19 the 12th federal holiday — and the first new one in 38 years. The date has taken on renewed resonance in recent years with millions of Americans confronting the country’s living legacy of racial injustice. “This is a day of profound weight and profound power, and to remember the moral stain and the terrible toll that slavery took on the country, and continues to take — what I’ve long called Amer

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