Usher Endorses Juneteenth As A National Holiday In Powerful Op-Ed
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etcanada.comUsher is joining fellow music artists such as Pharrell Williams and Taylor Swift in calling for June 19 — a.k.a. Juneteenth — to become a national holiday in the U.S., commemorating the day that all slaves in the U.S.
were finally freed. In a powerful op-ed for the Washington Post, the singer explains the importance of Juneteenth and why it’s not just significant for Black Americans. “The liberation Juneteenth commemorates is cause for celebration, but it also reminds us how equality can be delayed.
On June 19, 1865, on the shores of Galveston, Tex., Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived by boat to announce to enslaved African Americans that the Civil War had ended and they were now free.
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