Reply With QuotePoliTalker (06-21-2020), signalmankenneth (06-21-2020)
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Make Juneteenth a National Holiday
It took years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 for enslaved people to be freed nationwide. Juneteenth celebrates June 19th, 1865, the day when the Union Army issued an order proclaiming the emancipation of the enslaved people in Galveston, TX — a full two and a half years after President Lincoln took action. The name Juneteenth comes from a blending of the date.
Juneteenth became the date we celebrate emancipation, despite government agents having to travel from plantation to plantation for years after to free our ancestors — all while enslavers continued to steal our labor, knowledge, and skills.
On this day, and for many years since, our ancestors celebrated the promise of liberation and a hope for freedom.
As we continue the fight for freedom and justice around the world, we are calling on our communities to recognize this day, June 19th, as a national holiday. A time to reflect, learn, and activate resources to empower the Black community.
Unlike holidays recognizing pivotal moments in white history like Thanksgiving day, Juneteenth is not widely known or taught in schools. While some states recognize it as a state holiday, it is not a national holiday where offices, banks, postal services, schools, and other services are closed to allow space for celebration.
Join us in the movement to make Juneteenth a national holiday — a time for us to be seen and celebrated.
OUR story is America’s story. OUR history is American history — and it’s time for it to be treated as such.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/make-ju...ional-holiday/
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PoliTalker (06-21-2020), signalmankenneth (06-21-2020)
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Juneteenth is henceforth considered a US holiday at Tesla & SpaceX. - Elon Musk
Guno צְבִי (06-21-2020), PoliTalker (06-21-2020)
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Juneteenth makes about as much sense as celebrating cinco de mayo. Neither has much historical significance. On the other hand, a holiday celebrating the end of the Civil War and the end (yes there were some exceptions that were short lived beyond that date) of slavery. That makes more sense.
Oh, I should add that a day commemorating the end of the Civil War would be more equivalent to Memorial day or Veteran's day. It celebrates not just the end of slavery but the sacrifices to make that happen.
Last edited by T. A. Gardner; 06-21-2020 at 11:06 AM.
Grokmaster (06-21-2020), PoliTalker (06-21-2020)
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Why not. Very appropriate. A stick it to Republicans, to boot. Added bonus. They will oppose this. Just watch.
The racist party. They will recommend nation whitey conquest and oppression day too.
Guno צְבִי (06-21-2020)
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The slaughter of the people and the burning down of a black successful community has no historical significance? The whole point is it has enormous significance to a huge part of the country. You are wrong.Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner
Guno צְבִי (06-21-2020)
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Why didnt Obama? He had 8 years
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What are you talking about? Juneteenth celebrates the day federal troops arrived in Galveston TX and freed slaves there.
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/what...explained.html
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how about tenn football supporting blm
Pruitt: Vols could wear black jerseys to support BLM
https://247sports.com/college/tennes...ter-148304006/
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
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Blacks and Libs do that today...want to see the pics from just the last month
Last edited by volsrock; 06-21-2020 at 12:49 PM.
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Coach is a stupid fuck!how about tenn football supporting blm
Pruitt: Vols could wear black jerseys to support BLM
https://247sports.com/college/tennes...ter-148304006/
Vols did have the first black QB in the SEC
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THE REPUBLICANS ARE WHO EMANCIPATED THE SLAVES...PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT "STICKS IT TO THE REPUBLICANS"....
TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..
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sure....there's no limit to how many paid national holidays there should be.......we need at least 52 of them.....
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so why are people of color not republicans, oh right the goyim cracka party now has the racists
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
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Hello guno,
Agreed. It should be a national holiday. Nonessential workers should not be required to work on this day, and should be given full normal pay.
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