Forty-one years ago, the state of Texas recognized Juneteenth as a holiday. This week the U.S. government followed suit. …
Before 2000, only four states recognized Juneteenth: Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and Minnesota. But the first decade of the 21st century brought a rush of states that added the holiday, 31 states between 2000 and 2009. And 13 states have added the holiday since 2010, including North Dakota, which added it this year in April.
That’s a lot of change that happened quickly and, as you might expect, that means there are differences in how people see the holiday or whether they even know about it, with some deep divides along racial lines. CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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