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Historically Incorrect, Insulting: Here's Why One Black Historian Opposes A Juneteenth Nat'l Holiday
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17:26Now PlayingJuneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
It's the celebration of June 19, 1865, when Texas slaves found out that any enslaved people in the Confederate States were no longer property of their masters.
The observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States, prompting many to make it a holiday - both state and national.
Carl Mack, a Historian and Former President, Seattle-King County NAACP spoke to Roland Martin about why he opposes making Juneteenth a national/state holiday.
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