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Juneteenth Under Donald Trump | Lincoln Square
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June 20, 2025
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Today is Juneteenth, which is still a federal holiday — it would take an act of Congress to undo that — but we all know that Donald Trump has gone to war with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts this term.
That’s led to corporations dropping their support for Juneteenth events, like Verizon and Amazon. And Plano, Illinois — which was a trailblazer in designating Juneteenth as a holiday before the state or federal government — canceled its fifth annual celebration because local businesses feared losing customers if they were sponsors.
Ken Coleman is a Detroit historian and journalist who’s written extensively about the holiday and celebrations that have been on the rise since the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd in 2020. He told Lincoln Square Editor Susan J. Demas that there are concerns that Plano could be a harbinger of what’s to come.
“I think it's the sign in Plano, which is in the Midwest — the middle of the country — it could be a cautionary tale for what we might see in the future,” he says.
Ken also talked about the future of the Black vote, noting that exit polls found that Trump made significant inroads with African-American male voters in 2024.
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