05/14/2018
https://www.congress.gov...
"Looking out across this room, I see the advocates, the activists, the leaders who have been calling for this day for so long, including the one and only Miss Opal Lee."
"Juneteenth has been known by many days, jubilee day, freedom day, liberation day, emancipation day, and today, a national holiday."
"Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, Liberation Day, Emancipation Day, and, today, a national holiday."
"What we are seeing are examples of an attempt to interfere with that right. An attempt to marginalize and take from people a right that has already been given. We`re not asking for the bestowal of a r..."