Stacey Abrams Says Juneteenth Is More Than Just a Celebration

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'It is about justice delayed and nearly denied,' the Georgia politician said at the Tribeca Festival.

said that the date, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Texans and wasIt’s important that we remember that this isn’t a celebration about the end of slavery alone. It is about justice delayed and nearly denied.

That for two years, even though the institution had been ended, we still found so many of our brothers and sisters held in captivity and bondage. Juneteenth is about how we reclaim this place in our nation. How we are obliged to remember that the fight for justice doesn’t change simply when the rules change, or when someone else is elected. That the responsibility of pursuing justice remains every single day.

 

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