Nearly every NBA and WNBA team will observe Juneteenth as an organisational holiday, with the Washington Wizards planning a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in the US capital. — Reuters pic
Juneteenth is remembered on June 19 to recall to end of US slavery on the date in 1865, when American soldiers notified the last of those enslaved in Texas they were free following US President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. about the life and legacy of Lewis, an 80-year-old US lawmaker who has spent more than 60 years as a social activist.
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